[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR110.17]

[Page 180-181]
 
                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 110_CONTRIBUTION AND EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS--Table 
of Contents
 
Sec.  110.17  Price index increase.

    (a) Price index increases for party committee expenditure 
limitations and Presidential candidate expenditure limitations.

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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 Federal Register the amount of 
the expenditure and contribution limitations in effect and place such 
information on the Commission's Web site.

[67 FR 69949, Nov. 19, 2002]