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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. 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Businesses be5 fore Bureaucrats Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INCREASE OF DOLLAR THRESHOLD FOR NATIONAL 

2 LABOR RELATIONS BOARD JURISDICTION 

3 OVER CERTAIN LABOR DISPUTES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 14(c) of the National 

5 Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 164(c)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘That the’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘That, except as provided in para8 graph (2), the’’; 

9 (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para10 graph (3); and 

11 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(2) In establishing by rule under paragraph (1) any 

14 dollar threshold with respect to a class or category of em15 ployers for the purposes of declining to assert jurisdiction 

16 over certain labor disputes involving such class or category 

17 of employers, the Board shall establish such dollar thresh18 old at an amount— 

19 ‘‘(A) for calendar year 2024, equal to the prod20 uct of— 

21 ‘‘(i) the dollar threshold applicable to such 

22 class or category as of the day prior to the date 

23 of enactment of this paragraph, multiplied by 

24 ‘‘(ii) ten; and 

25 ‘‘(B) for any calendar year after 2024, equal to 

26 the product of— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the dollar threshold applicable to such 

2 class or category for calendar year 2024 (after 

3 the date of enactment of this paragraph), multi4 plied by 

5 ‘‘(ii) the quotient obtained by dividing— 

6 ‘‘(I) the Personal Consumption Ex7 penditure Per Capita Index (as published 

8 by the Bureau of Economic Analysis) with 

9 respect to such calendar year after 2024; 

10 by 

11 ‘‘(II) the Personal Consumption Ex12 penditure Per Capita Index with respect to 

13 calendar year 2024.’’. 

14 (b) PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE PER

15 CAPITA INDEX.—The Director of the Bureau of Economic 

16 Analysis of the Department of Commerce shall prepare 

17 and annually publish an index reflecting expenditures for 

18 personal consumption by individuals in the United States 

19 on a per capita basis for the preceding year, beginning 

20 in calendar year 2025, and such index shall be known as 

21 the ‘‘Personal Consumption Expenditure Per Capita 

22 Index’’. 

23 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

24 this section shall apply to any decision of the National 

25 Labor Relations Board relating to the assertion of its juVerDate Sep 11 2014 18:31 Aug 23, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4823.IS S4823

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1 risdiction over a labor dispute made after the date of en2 actment of this section. 

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