Small Businesses before Bureaucrats Act

Bill: 118-s-4823
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK]
Introduced: 2024-07-29
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2024-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4823 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. 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) 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.