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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 966
To require the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to conduct
time use surveys of unremunerated work performed in the United States
and to calculate the monetary value of such work.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 18, 1993
Miss COLLINS of Michigan (for herself, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. FAZIO, Mrs. KEN-
NELLY, Mr. RICHARDSON, Mr. MFUME, Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois, Mr.
HASTINGS, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. E.B. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. CONYERS,
Mr. STOKES, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. FORD of Tennessee, Mr. OWENS, Mr.
TOWNS, Mr. WHEAT, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. PAYNE of
New Jersey, Mr. WASHINGTON, Ms. NORTON, Ms. WATERS, Mr.
BLACKWELL, Mr. CLAYTON, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr.
FIELDS of Louisiana, Mr. HILLIARD, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mrs. MEEK, Mr.
RUSH, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. WATT, Mr. WYNN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mrs.
SCHROEDER, Ms. PELOSI, Mrs. UNSOELD, Mrs. LOWEY, Mrs. MINK, Ms.
DELAURO, 
Ms. 
CANTWELL, 
Ms. 
ESHOO, 
Mrs. 
THURMAN, 
Ms.
VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. PETER-
SON of Florida, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. BREW-
STER, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. MILLER of Califor-
nia, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. BAC-
CHUS of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To require the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics to conduct time use surveys of unremunerated work
performed in the United States and to calculate the
monetary value of such work.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unremunerated Work
Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Women perform 2⁄3 of the work in the world
relating to the production of goods and services.
(2) The United Nations General Assembly in
1985 adopted a resolution which included part of the
Forward Looking Strategies for the Advancement of
Women, which states that ‘‘the remunerated and, in
particular, the unremunerated contributions of
women to all aspects and sectors of development
should be recognized, and appropriate efforts should
be made to measure and reflect these contributions
in national accounts and economic statistics and in
the gross national product’’.
(3) The resolution also states that ‘‘concrete
steps should be taken to quantify the unremunerated
contribution of women to agriculture, food produc-
tion, reproduction, and household activities’’.
(4) The unremunerated contribution by women
to the economy of the United States should be
recognized.
SEC. 
3. 
CALCULATION 
OF 
MONETARY 
VALUE 
OF
UNREMUNERATED WORK.
(a) TIME
USE
SURVEYS
OF
UNREMUNERATED
WORK.—The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics shall periodically conduct time use surveys of
unremunerated work performed in the United States, in-
cluding household work, work related to child care and
other care services, agricultural work, work related to food
production, work related to family businesses, and volun-
teer work.
(b) 
MONETARY
VALUE
OF
UNREMUNERATED
WORK.—On the basis of the time use surveys of
unremunerated work conducted under subsection (a), the
Commissioner shall calculate the monetary value of such
unremunerated work. Separate monetary values shall be
calculated for men and women.
(c) INCLUSION IN GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT.—Be-
ginning three years after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the monetary value of the unremunerated work cal-
culated pursuant to subsection (b) shall be included in sta-
tistics used to determine the annual gross national product
of the United States.
(d) METHOD OF CALCULATION.—Not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Com-
missioner shall submit a report to the Congress describing
the method by which the Commissioner will conduct time
use surveys of unremunerated work performed in the
United States and calculate the monetary value of such
unremunerated work.
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