[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1620 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1620

  To amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide for inflation 
 adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds of the National 
                         Labor Relations Board.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 1999

 Mr. Istook (for himself, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. 
Burton of Indiana, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Combest, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. 
  Cunningham, Mr. Deal of Georiga, Mr. DeLay, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Dickey, 
Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Graham, Ms. Granger, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Sam Johnson 
    of Texas, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. 
   Nethercutt, Mrs. Northup, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Largent, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
 Porter, Mr. Schaffer, Mr. Stump, Mr. Talent, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Wamp, 
 Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Young of Florida) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide for inflation 
 adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds of the National 
                         Labor Relations Board.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS TO MANDATORY JURISDICTION THRESHOLDS 
              OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD.

    Section 14(c)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 
164(c)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c)(1)(A) Mandatory Jurisdiction.--The Board shall assert 
jurisdiction over any labor dispute involving any class or category of 
employers over which it would assert jurisdiction under the standards 
prevailing on August 1, 1959, with the financial threshold amounts 
adjusted for inflation under subparagraph (B).
    ``(B) Inflation Adjustments.--The Board, beginning on October 1, 
1999, and not less often than every 5 years thereafter, shall adjust 
each of the financial threshold amounts referred to in subparagraph (A) 
for inflation, using as the base period the later of (i) the most 
recent calendar quarter ending before the financial threshold amount 
was established, or (ii) the calendar quarter ending June 30, 1959. The 
inflation adjustments shall be determined using changes in the Consumer 
Price Index for all urban consumers published by the Department of 
Labor and shall be rounded to the nearest $10,000. The Board shall 
prescribe any regulations necessary for making the inflation 
adjustments.''.
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