; (5) by redesignating subsections (e) through (i) as subsections (f) through (j), and subsections (j) through (l) as subsections (l) through (n) respectively; and (6) in subsection (j) (as so redesignated) by striking $7,000 and inserting $12,675 . (b) Inflation Adjustment Section 17 is further amended by inserting after subsection (d) the following: (e) Amounts provided under this section for civil penalties shall be adjusted by the Secretary once each year, not later than January 15 of such year, to account for the percentage increase or decrease in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers during such period, consistent with the requirements of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 ( 28 U.S.C. 2461 note). . 314. Criminal penalties (a) In General Section 17 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ( 29 U.S.C. 666 ) (as amended by section 310) is further amended— (1) by amending subsection (f) (as redesignated by section 310) to read as follows: (f) (1) Any employer who knowingly violates any standard, rule, or order promulgated under section 6 of this Act, or of any regulation prescribed under this Act, and that violation caused or significantly contributed to the death of any employee, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine in accordance with title 18, United States Code, or by imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both, except that if the conviction is for a violation committed after a first conviction of such person under this subsection or subsection (i), punishment shall be by a fine in accordance title 18, United States Code, or by imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or by both. (2) For the purpose of this subsection, the term employer means, in addition to the definition contained in section 3 of this Act, any officer or director.