Real Unemployment Calculation Act

Bill: 114-hr-1876
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2015-04-16
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Census and government statistics

Unemployment
Latest action: action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Real Unemployment Calculation Act </b></p> <p> 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 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1876 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 16, 2015 Mr. Hunter (for himself, Mr. Guthrie , Mr. Hultgren , Mr. Hurt of Virginia , Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois , Mr. Mulvaney , Mr. Palazzo , Mr. Rokita , Mr. Miller of Florida , Mr. Collins of New York , Mr. Garrett , Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , Mr. Allen , Mr. Graves of Missouri , Mr. Westerman , and Mr. Zinke ) 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.