---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 3045.15"
title: "39"
number: "3045.15"
heading: "Dollar amount limitation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/3045.15"
---

# §3045.15. Dollar amount limitation.

- (a) The Consumer Price Index used for calculations under this part is the CPI-U index, as specified in [§ 3030.141(a)](/cfr/39/3030.141.md?p=a) of this chapter.
- (b) An experimental product may only be tested if total revenues that are anticipated or received by the Postal Service do not exceed $10 Million in any fiscal year, as adjusted for the change in the CPI-U index, as specified in [paragraph (d)](#d) of this section ($10 Million Adjusted Limitation). Total revenues anticipated or received may exceed the $10 Million Adjusted Limitation in any fiscal year if an exemption is granted pursuant to [§ 3045.16](/cfr/39/3045.16.md).
- (c) For each fiscal year, the $10 Million Adjusted Limitation shall reflect the average CPI result during the previous fiscal year calculated as described in [paragraph (d)](#d) of this section. The Commission shall publish this figure annually, after the close of the fiscal year, on its website at http://www.prc.gov.
- (d) **The calculation of the $10 Million Adjusted Limitation involves the following steps.** First, a simple average CPI-U index was calculated for fiscal year 2008 by summing the monthly CPI-U values from October 2007 through September 2008 and dividing the sum by 12 (Base Average). The resulting Base Average is 214.463. Then, a second simple average CPI-U index is similarly calculated for each subsequent fiscal year by summing the 12 monthly CPI-U values for the previous fiscal year and dividing the sum by 12 (Recent Average). Finally, the annual limitation for the current fiscal year is calculated by multiplying $10,000,000 by the Recent Average divided by 214.463. The result is expressed as a number, rounded to the nearest dollar.
- (e) **The formula for calculating the $10 Million Adjusted Limitation is as follows—** $10 Million Adjusted Limitation = $10,000,000 * (Recent Average/214.463).

## Notes

### Amendments

[79 FR 54563, Sept. 11, 2014, as amended at 84 FR 975, Feb. 1, 2019; 85 FR 9659, 9660, Feb. 19, 2020; 85 FR 81139, Dec. 15, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 503; 3641.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 54563, Sept. 11, 2014, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 85 FR 9615, Feb. 19, 2020.

### Amendments

[79 FR 54563, Sept. 11, 2014, as amended at 84 FR 975, Feb. 1, 2019; 85 FR 9659, 9660, Feb. 19, 2020; 85 FR 81139, Dec. 15, 2020]