[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4823 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4823

    To amend the National Labor Relations Act to adjust the dollar 
thresholds for National Labor Relations Board jurisdiction over certain 
                labor disputes, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 29, 2024

Mr. Mullin (for himself, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Lankford, and Mrs. Blackburn) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the National Labor Relations Act to adjust the dollar 
thresholds for National Labor Relations Board jurisdiction over certain 
                labor disputes, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Businesses before Bureaucrats 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE OF DOLLAR THRESHOLD FOR NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
              JURISDICTION OVER CERTAIN LABOR DISPUTES.

    (a) In General.--Section 14(c) of the National Labor Relations Act 
(29 U.S.C. 164(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``That the'' and 
        inserting ``That, except as provided in paragraph (2), the'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
    ``(2) In establishing by rule under paragraph (1) any dollar 
threshold with respect to a class or category of employers for the 
purposes of declining to assert jurisdiction over certain labor 
disputes involving such class or category of employers, the Board shall 
establish such dollar threshold at an amount--
            ``(A) for calendar year 2024, equal to the product of--
                    ``(i) the dollar threshold applicable to such class 
                or category as of the day prior to the date of 
                enactment of this paragraph, multiplied by
                    ``(ii) ten; and
            ``(B) for any calendar year after 2024, equal to the 
        product of--
                    ``(i) the dollar threshold applicable to such class 
                or category for calendar year 2024 (after the date of 
                enactment of this paragraph), multiplied by
                    ``(ii) the quotient obtained by dividing--
                            ``(I) the Personal Consumption Expenditure 
                        Per Capita Index (as published by the Bureau of 
                        Economic Analysis) with respect to such 
                        calendar year after 2024; by
                            ``(II) the Personal Consumption Expenditure 
                        Per Capita Index with respect to calendar year 
                        2024.''.
    (b) Personal Consumption Expenditure Per Capita Index.--The 
Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of 
Commerce shall prepare and annually publish an index reflecting 
expenditures for personal consumption by individuals in the United 
States on a per capita basis for the preceding year, beginning in 
calendar year 2025, and such index shall be known as the ``Personal 
Consumption Expenditure Per Capita Index''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to any decision of the National Labor Relations Board relating to 
the assertion of its jurisdiction over a labor dispute made after the 
date of enactment of this section.
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