### Question
How is the term Consumer Price Index defined?


### Answer
The term **Consumer Price Index** is defined in *16 U.S.C. § 5954* as the following:

> the “Consumer Price Index—All Urban Consumers” published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor, unless such index is not published, in which case another regularly published cost-of-living index approximating the Consumer Price Index shall be utilized by the Secretary

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 5954*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 79-NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MANAGEMENT > SUBCHAPTER III-NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONCESSIONS MANAGEMENT**

