REP. GOOD INTRODUCES THE SMALL BUSINESSES BEFORE BUREAUCRATS ACT
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Bob Good (R-VA) introduced the Small Businesses Before Bureaucrats Act which would update the 1958 jurisdictional standards of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to reflect modern revenue levels and ensure that such standards accurately represent the size of the economy each year.
Although the NLRB’s original purpose was to serve as a mediator between business disputes, the Biden Administration has politicized the board, emboldening bureaucrats to wield their authority against small businesses across America. Currently, the NRLB has authority over any retail business whose annual revenue is over $500,000, and over non-retailers whose annual revenue is over $50,000. By updating the jurisdictional standards of the NLRB to $5,000,000 for retail businesses and $500,000 for non-retail businesses, the number of businesses that fall under NLRB’s regulatory regime would decrease dramatically. Upon implementation of this bill, more than 50% of retail and non-retail businesses will be exempt from NLRB jurisdiction.
“Small businesses are the life blood of our economy, and they are the backbone of our communities. Sadly, these outdated standards have enabled the NLRB to project its authority over businesses which never should have been regulated by the federal government in the first place. Worse, the Biden Administration is using this authority to implement a radical agenda and to empower unelected bureaucrats to regulate small businesses in a way that favors labor unions,” said Rep. Good (R-VA). “Our nation’s small businesses should be able to operate freely without facing the threat of a federal agency imposing mandates that can put them out of business.”
“The National Labor Relations Board’s outdated jurisdictional standards give the agency more authority and power over American businesses than it was ever intended to have when Congress set these standards in 1958. The NLRB currently has authority over any retail business whose annual revenue exceeds $500,000 and any non-retailer whose annual revenue exceeds $50,000. In today’s dollars, those amounts would be about $5 million and $500,000 respectively, which are the updated standards Rep. Bob Good’s Small Businesses Before Bureaucrats Act would enact. Updating these standards will empower small businesses to operate without the federal government breathing down their necks.” – ATR President Grover Norquist
“The Small Businesses Before Bureaucrats Act brings much needed updates to federal labor law. Congressman Good should be applauded for bringing the NLRB’s jurisdiction back to the levels Congress intended.With inflation rampant and prices skyrocketing it is absurd that these standards have not been updated since the 1950s. The modernization of NLRB’s thresholds will protect small businesses in Virginia and across the country from what many see as a partisan Board seeking to put union interest above workers and job creators.” – F. Vincent Vernuccio, President of Institute for the American Worker
"The Government’s misguided attempts to manage the COVID pandemic have left small businesses to struggle with worker shortages, record setting inflation, and a labyrinth of Federal mandates related to masks and vaccines. However, even before COVID, small businesses were struggling under the weight of costly mandates from entities like the NLRB. Fortunately, thanks to Congressman Good, relief is on the way as he’s introduced legislation to adjust the NLRB’s jurisdictional standards to ensure small firms will benefit from reduced compliance costs and regulatory risk." – Garrett Bess, Vice President of Heritage Action
This legislation is supported by Americans for Prosperity, Heritage Action, Americans for Tax Reform, and Institute for the American Worker.
Cosponsors (10): Miller (R-IL), Harris (R-MD), Weber (R-TX), Tiffany (R-WI), Gohmert (R-TX), Norman (R-SC), Higgins (R-LA), Moolenaar (R-MI), Duncan (R-SC), and Perry (R-PA).
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