; plus (B) an amount equal to 10 percent of the value of the covered investment that is the subject of the violation at the beginning of the additional 30-day period of a continuing violation. (3) Annual indexing of penalty for inflation By January 31 of the calendar year following the enactment of the PORTFOLIO Act and in each year thereafter, the supervising ethics office shall adjust the amount of the penalty in paragraph (1) in the same manner that civil monetary penalties are annually adjusted for inflation pursuant to section 4 of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 ( 28 U.S.C. 2461 note). (4) Treatment of fees (A) Deposit All such fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury. (B) Delegation of authority The authority under this section to direct the payment of a fee may be delegated by the supervising ethics office in the executive branch to other agencies in the executive branch. (b) Waiver or reduction (1) In general The supervising ethics office may waive or reduce the amount of a fee under subsection (a) in extraordinary circumstances in response to a written request signed by the covered person to whom the fee would otherwise apply. (2) Publication In the event the supervising ethics office grants a request for a fee waiver or reduction, the response of the supervising office shall be made public in the same manner as under section 105(a). (c) Civil penalties The Attorney General may bring a civil action in any appropriate United States district court in the same manner as authorized by section 104(a)(1) against any individual who— (1) knowingly and willfully makes a transaction in a manner that is prohibited by section 202