11 C.F.R. § 110.17 Price index increase.
Title 11 - Federal Elections
(a) Price index increases for party committee expenditure limitations and Presidential candidate expenditure limitations. The limitations on expenditures established by 11 CFR 110.7 and 110.8 shall be increased by the percent difference between the price index, as certified to the Commission by the Secretary of Labor, for the 12 months preceding the beginning of the calendar year and the price index for the base period. (1) Each expenditure limitation so increased shall be the expenditure limitation in effect for that calendar year. (2) For purposes of this paragraph (a), the term base period means calendar year 1974. (b) Price index increases for contributions by persons, by political party committees to Senatorial candidates, and the bi-annual aggregate contribution limitation for individuals. The limitations on contributions established by 11 CFR 110.1(b) and (c), 110.2(e), and 110.5, shall be increased only in odd-numbered years by the percent difference between the price index, as certified to the Commission by the Secretary of Labor, for the 12 months preceding the beginning of the calendar year and the price index for the base period. (1) The increased contribution limitations shall be in effect as provided in 11 CFR 110.1(b)(1)(ii), 110.1(c)(1)(ii), 110.2(e)(2) and 110.5(b)(3). (2) For purposes of this paragraph (b) the term base period means calendar year 2001. (c) Rounding of price index increases. If any amount after the increases under paragraph (a) or (b) of this section is not a multiple of $100, such amount shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100. (d) Definition of price index. For purposes of this section, the term price index means the average over a calendar year of the Consumer Price Index (all items—United States city average) published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (e) Publication of price index increases. In every odd-numbered year, the Commission will publish in the [67 FR 69949, Nov. 19, 2002]
Title 11: Federal Elections
PART 110—CONTRIBUTION AND EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS
§ 110.17 Price index increase.
