Small Businesses before Bureaucrats Act

Bill: 118-hr-3400
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2023-05-17
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor-management relations

Retail and wholesale trades

Service industries

Small business
Latest action: action_date: 2024-01-11
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 281.

Summaries:

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 281 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3400 [Report No. 118–343] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 17, 2023 Mr. Good of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Perry , Mr. Moolenaar , Mrs. Miller of Illinois , Mr. Tiffany , Mr. Duncan , Mr. Burlison , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida , Mrs. Luna , Mr. Clyde , Mr. Norman , Ms. Van Duyne , Mr. Babin , Mr. Cole , Mr. Estes , and Mr. Cline ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce January 11, 2024 Additional sponsor: Mrs. Houchin January 11, 2024 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 17, 2023 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Businesses before Bureaucrats Act . 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 paragraph (3); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (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 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) for such calendar year after 2024; by (II) the Personal Consumption Expenditure Per Capita Index for calendar year 2024. . (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 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.

January 11, 2024 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3400 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 17, 2023 Mr. Good of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Perry , Mr. Moolenaar , Mrs. Miller of Illinois , Mr. Tiffany , Mr. Duncan , Mr. Burlison , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida , Mrs. Luna , Mr. Clyde , Mr. Norman , Ms. Van Duyne , Mr. Babin , Mr. Cole , Mr. Estes , and Mr. Cline ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Businesses before Bureaucrats Act . 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 paragraph (3); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (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 category of employers, the Board shall establish such dollar threshold at an amount— (A) for calendar year 2023, 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 2023, equal to the product of— (i) the dollar threshold applicable to such class or category for calendar year 2023 (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) for such calendar year after 2023; by (II) the Personal Consumption Expenditure Per Capita Index for calendar year 2023. . (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 2024, 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.