Lobbyist bundling disclosure threshold increases (2021)
The Federal Election Campaign Act and Commission regulations require certain political committees to disclose information about lobbyists/registrants and lobbyist/registrant PACs whose bundled contributions within a covered period exceed a specified threshold amount. The Commission must adjust the threshold amount at the beginning of each calendar year.
The threshold is calculated by multiplying the $15,000 statutory threshold by the difference between the preceding year’s consumer price index, as certified by the Secretary of Labor, and the price index for the base period (CY 2006). The resulting amount is rounded to the nearest multiple of $100. Based on this formula ($15,000 x 1.28380), the lobbyist bundling disclosure threshold for 2021 is $19,300.
The lobbyist bundling disclosure threshold was published in the Federal Register on February 2, 2021 at 86 Fed. Reg. 7867.
Citations
Statute
52 U.S.C. § 30104(i)(3)
Lobbyist bundling disclosure
52 U.S.C. § 30116(c)
Increases in limits based on increases in price index
Regulations
11 CFR 104.22
Disclosure of bundling by lobbyists/registrants and lobbyist/registrant PACs
11 CFR 110.17(e) and (f)
Price index increases for lobbyist/registrant and lobbyist/registrant PAC contribution bundling threshold