,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #caaa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #e1  
#bjbe,mr4 ,mullin 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 inserting before the
 period at the end the following3 1     
except that in the event that such      
standards used a dollar threshold1 such 

threshold shall be updated in accordance
 with paragraph 7#b72  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 with respect to calendar  
year #bjbf1 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 the   
,small ,businesses before ,bureaucrats  
,act1 multiplied by  7ii7 ten2 and  7,b7
 with respect to any calendar year after
 #bjbf1 equal to the product of-- 7i7   
the dollar threshold applicable to such 
class or category with respect to       
calendar year #bjbf 7after the date of  

enactment of the ,small ,businesses     
before ,bureaucrats ,act71 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 the
 calendar year preceding the applicable 
calendar year for which the dollar      
threshold under this subparagraph is    
determined2 by  7,,ii7 the ,personal    
,consumption ,expenditure ,per ,capita  
,index with respect to calendar year    
#bjbf4  4  7b7 ,personal consumption    
expenditure per capita index ,beginning 
in calendar year #bjbg1 the ,director of
 the ,bureau of ,economic ,analysis of  
the ,department of ,commerce shall      
annually prepare and publish an index   
7to be known as the ,personal           
,consumption ,expenditure ,per ,capita  
,index7 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 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  
on or after the later of ,january #a1   
#bjbf1 and the date of enactment of this
 section4