Introduced in House

[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. _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Real Unemployment Calculation Act''.

SEC. 2. PRIMARY MEASURE OF UNEMPLOYMENT.

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.