119-s3111

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3111 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 3111

 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

 November 5, 2025

 Mr. Mullin 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 inserting before the period at the 
 end the following: ``, except that in the event that such 
 standards used a dollar threshold, such threshold shall be 
 updated in accordance with paragraph

    (2) '';

    (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) with respect to calendar year 2026, equal to the 
 product of--
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            (i) the dollar threshold applicable to such class 
 or category as of the day prior to the date of 
 enactment of the Small Businesses before Bureaucrats 
 Act, multiplied by
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            (ii) ten; and
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        (B) with respect to any calendar year after 2026, equal 
 to the product of--
 ``
            (i) the dollar threshold applicable to such class 
 or category with respect to calendar year 2026 (after 
 the date of enactment of the Small Businesses before 
 Bureaucrats Act), multiplied by
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            (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 the calendar 
 year preceding the applicable calendar year for 
 which the dollar threshold under this 
 subparagraph is determined; by
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            (II) the Personal Consumption Expenditure 
 Per Capita Index with respect to calendar year 
 2026.''.

    (b) Personal Consumption Expenditure Per Capita Index.--Beginning 
in calendar year 2027, the Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis 
of the Department of Commerce shall annually prepare and publish an 
index (to be known as the ``Personal Consumption Expenditure Per Capita 
Index'') that reflects expenditures by individuals in the United States 
on a per capita basis with respect to the calendar year preceding the 
calendar year in which the Director prepares and publishes the 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 on or after 
the later of January 1, 2026, and the date of enactment of this 
section.
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