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HR 4171 113th Congress House Labor and Employment Advisory bodies Census and government statistics Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Unemployment

Labor Statistics Improvement Act

Introduced: March 6, 2014 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 13, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 6, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Mar 6, 2014
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Labor Statistics Improvement Act - Establishes an independent Commission to Improve Labor Statistics.

Directs the Commission to: (1) examine and make an assessment of the process by which the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates statistical data relating to unemployment rates, including the methods used for determining that an individual is considered to be looking for work; (2) formulate recommendations for any improvement to such process and methods, including proposals for any alternative measures of labor force participation, taking into account evidence that the official unemployment rate doesn't always accurately reflect labor market strength; and (3) develop a new method for determining and reporting underemployment that takes into consideration workers who are not in jobs that match their skill set or education and who are earning less than other workers in similar occupations or with similar skill sets and education.

Directs the Commission to transmit a report to the President and Congress within 180 days after all of its original members have been appointed. Terminates the Commission 60 days after it submits such report.

What's happening now June 13, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

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