US Congress House Bill 3674 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)
Status: Introduced on October 1 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Labor Statistics Improvement Act Establishes an independent Commission to Improve Labor Statistics. Directs the Commission to: examine and assess the process by which the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor 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; recommend any improvement to the 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 develop a new method for determining and reporting underemployment that takes into consideration workers who are not in jobs that match their skill sets or education and who are earning less than other workers in similar occupations or with similar skill sets and education.

Labor Statistics Improvement Act

Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2015-10-01	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2015-10-01	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3674/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3674/BILLS-114hr3674ih.pdf