Real Unemployment Calculation Act

Bill: 113-hr-484
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2013-02-04
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Census and government statistics

Unemployment
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-02-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Real Unemployment Calculation Act - Treats the measure of unemployment issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (known as U5) as the official and primary measure of unemployment in the United States.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 484 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 4, 2013 Mr. Hunter (for himself, Mr. Hultgren , Mr. Mulvaney , Mrs. Bachmann , Mr. Grimm , Mr. Radel , Mr. Michaud , Mr. Nunnelee , Mr. Pitts , Mr. Palazzo , Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Stutzman , Mr. Broun of Georgia , and Mr. Long ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To recognize a primary measure of national unemployment for purposes of the Federal Government.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Real Unemployment Calculation Act . 2. Primary measure of unemployment The measure of unemployment issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics known as U5 shall be treated by the Bureau as the official unemployment rate and shall be considered by the Federal Government as the primary measure of unemployment in the United States.