,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dhbc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bi1     
#bjbd,mr4 ,mullin 7for himself1 ,mrs4   
,britt1 ,mr4 ,lankford1 and ,mrs4       
,blackburn7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 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 disputes1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,small ,businesses  
before ,bureaucrats ,act4  #b4 ,increase
 of dollar threshold for ,national      
,labor ,relations ,board jurisdiction   
over certain labor disputes  7a7 ,in    
general ,section #ad7;c7 of the         
,national ,labor ,relations ,act 7#bi   
,u4,s4,c4 #afd7;c77 is amended-- 7#a7 in
 paragraph 7#a71 by striking ,that the  
and inserting ,that1 except as provided 

in paragraph 7#b71 the2  7#b7 by        
redesignating paragraph 7#b7 as         
paragraph 7#c72 and  7#c7 by inserting  
after paragraph 7#a7 the following3     
7#b7 ,in establishing by rule under     
paragraph 7#a7 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 employers1 the ,board shall 
establish such dollar threshold at an   
amount-- 7,a7 for calendar year #bjbd1  
equal to the product of-- 7i7 the dollar
 threshold applicable to such class or  
category as of the day prior to the date
 of enactment of this paragraph1        
multiplied by  7ii7 ten2 and  7,b7 for  
any calendar year after #bjbd1 equal to 
the product of-- 7i7 the dollar         
threshold applicable to such class or   
category for calendar year #bjbd 7after 
the date of enactment of this           
paragraph71 multiplied by  7ii7 the     
quotient obtained by dividing-- 7,i7 the

 ,personal ,consumption ,expenditure    
,per ,capita ,index 7as published by the
 ,bureau of ,economic ,analysis7 with   
respect to such calendar year after     
#bjbd2 by  7,,ii7 the ,personal         
,consumption ,expenditure ,per ,capita  
,index with respect to calendar year    
#bjbd4  4  7b7 ,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 year1 beginning 
in calendar year #bjbe1 and such index  
shall be known as the ,personal         
,consumption ,expenditure ,per ,capita  
,index4  7c7 ,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 section4