I 112th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4128 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 1, 2012 Mr. Hunter (for himself, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois, Mr. Denham, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Quayle, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Grimm, Mr. Issa, Mr. Pitts, Mrs. Bachmann, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Walsh of Illinois, and Mr. Bilbray) 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.

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Short title

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

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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.