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H.R. 6856 96th Congress House

A bill to require the Bureau of Labor Statistics to collect and report data concerning available but unfilled jobs in certain employment fields, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 19, 1980 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Census and StatisticsLabor statistics
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Mar 19, 1980
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 19, 1980
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 19, 1980

Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in addition to its monthly collection of statistics and report on the volume of and changes in employment in specified fields, to collect statistics and report on job vacancies in such fields and to use the number of available but unfilled positions as an indicator.

Requires that all statistics in its monthly report be derived from a data base which permits meaningful comparison of the statistics.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6856: A bill to require the Bureau of Labor Statistics to collect and report data concerning available but unfilled jobs in certain employment fields, and for other purposes.. 96th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-6856/
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"H.R. 6856: A bill to require the Bureau of Labor Statistics to collect and report data concerning available but unfilled jobs in certain employment fields, and for other purposes.." 96th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-6856/.
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H.R. 6856, 96th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-6856/.
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