This bill proposes to amend the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by adjusting the dollar thresholds that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) uses to determine its jurisdiction over certain labor disputes. The primary goal is to increase these thresholds, thereby allowing the NLRB to decline jurisdiction over a greater number of cases involving specific classes or categories of employers, particularly smaller businesses. This change is intended to reduce the regulatory burden on these entities. Specifically, for calendar year 2026, the bill mandates that any existing dollar threshold used by the NLRB for declining jurisdiction will be multiplied by ten . For subsequent calendar years, these adjusted thresholds will be further updated annually based on the Personal Consumption Expenditure Per Capita Index , which the Bureau of Economic Analysis will be responsible for publishing. These amendments will apply to any NLRB decision regarding jurisdiction made on or after January 1, 2026, or the bill's enactment date, whichever occurs later.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Labor and Employment
Small Businesses before Bureaucrats Act
USA119th CongressS-3111| Senate
| Updated: 11/5/2025
This bill proposes to amend the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by adjusting the dollar thresholds that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) uses to determine its jurisdiction over certain labor disputes. The primary goal is to increase these thresholds, thereby allowing the NLRB to decline jurisdiction over a greater number of cases involving specific classes or categories of employers, particularly smaller businesses. This change is intended to reduce the regulatory burden on these entities. Specifically, for calendar year 2026, the bill mandates that any existing dollar threshold used by the NLRB for declining jurisdiction will be multiplied by ten . For subsequent calendar years, these adjusted thresholds will be further updated annually based on the Personal Consumption Expenditure Per Capita Index , which the Bureau of Economic Analysis will be responsible for publishing. These amendments will apply to any NLRB decision regarding jurisdiction made on or after January 1, 2026, or the bill's enactment date, whichever occurs later.