### Question
What does cost-of-living adjustment for the preceding five years mean?


### Answer
**Cost-of-living adjustment for the preceding five years** has the following meaning in *15 U.S.C. § 1194*:

> the percentage by which—


(I) the Consumer Price Index for the month of June of the calendar year preceding the adjustment

#### Citation:
  - *15 U.S.C. § 1194*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 25-FLAMMABLE FABRICS**

