I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7743 
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to adjust the dollar thresholds 
for National Labor Relations Board jurisdiction over certain labor dis-
putes, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2022 
Mr. GOOD of Virginia (for himself, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. 
WEBER of Texas, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. HIG-
GINS of Louisiana, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. DUNCAN, and Mr. PERRY) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor 
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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Businesses be-
fore Bureaucrats Act’’. 
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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) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) In establishing by rule 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 cat-
egory of employers, the Board shall establish such 
dollar threshold at an amount— 
‘‘(A) for calendar year 2022, 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 2022, 
equal to the product of— 
‘‘(i) the dollar threshold applicable to 
such class or category for calendar year 
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2022 (after the date of enactment of this 
paragraph), multiplied by 
‘‘(ii) the quotient obtained by divid-
ing— 
‘‘(I) the Personal Consumption 
Expenditure Per Capita Index (as 
published by the Bureau of Economic 
Analysis) for such calendar year after 
2022; by 
‘‘(II) the Personal Consumption 
Expenditure Per Capita Index for cal-
endar year 2022.’’. 
(b) PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE PER 
CAPITA INDEX.—The Bureau of Economic Analysis of the 
Department of Commerce shall prepare and publish an 
index reflecting expenditures for personal consumption by 
Americans on a per capita basis for each year, beginning 
calendar year 2023, 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 ju-
risdiction over a labor dispute made after the date of en-
actment of this section. 
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