[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 92 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 92

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics alone should make any adjustments, if any are needed, 
     to the methodology used to determine the Consumer Price Index.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 1997

 Mrs. Maloney of New York (for herself, Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts, 
    and Mr. Gonzalez) submitted the following resolution; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics alone should make any adjustments, if any are needed, 
     to the methodology used to determine the Consumer Price Index.

Whereas the Consumer Price Index currently informs our Nation's monetary policy 
        and determines both the level of taxes paid and the amount of government 
        benefits received by millions of Americans, many of them on fixed 
        incomes;
Whereas the Consumer Price Index is assumed in these uses to be an accurate and 
        appropriate measurement;
Whereas the Consumer Price Index is only useful if it is a technical, not a 
        political measurement;
Whereas it is of the utmost importance to maintain the integrity and objectivity 
        of the determination process and of the reliability of the Federal 
        statistical system; and
Whereas it is the Bureau of Labor Statistics that has the expertise, tools, 
        resources, and experience to maintain this integrity and objectivity: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the Bureau of Labor Statistics alone should make any adjustments, if 
any are needed, to the methodology used to determine the Consumer Price 
Index.
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