To amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide for inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds of the National Labor Relations Board.

May 1, 2003

Mr. ISTOOK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

To amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide for inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds of the National Labor Relations Board.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS TO MANDATORY JURISDICTION THRESHOLDS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD.

Section 14(c)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 164(c)(1)) is amended to read as follows:

`(c)(1)(A) MANDATORY JURISDICTION- The Board shall assert jurisdiction over any labor dispute involving any class or category of employers over which it would assert jurisdiction under the standards prevailing on August 1, 1959, with the financial threshold amounts adjusted for inflation under subparagraph (B).

`(B) INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS- The Board, beginning on October 1, 2003, and not less often than every 5 years thereafter, shall adjust each of the financial threshold amounts referred to in subparagraph (A) for inflation, using as the base period the later of (i) the most recent calendar quarter ending before the financial threshold amount was established, or (ii) the calendar quarter ending June 30, 1959. The inflation adjustments shall be determined using changes in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers published by the Department of Labor and shall be rounded to the nearest $10,000. The Board shall prescribe any regulations necessary for making the inflation adjustments.'.

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