Real Unemployment Calculation Act

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.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 484 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 484

To recognize a primary measure of national unemployment for purposes of 
                        the Federal Government.


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                    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

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                                 A BILL


 
To recognize a primary measure of national unemployment for purposes of 
                        the Federal Government.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Real Unemployment Calculation Act''.

SEC. 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.
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