H.R. 7804

119 HR 7804 IH: Better Labor Statistics Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-03-04
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 7804  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 4, 2026   Ms. Pressley  (for herself and  Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Education and Workforce    A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Labor to perform additional duties, to modernize certain laws regarding the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Better Labor Statistics Act   or the   BLS Act  .
2.
Modernizing duties and terms relating to the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(a)
Additional duties
(1)
Labor statistics
Section 4 of the Act of March 4, 1913, titled  An Act to create a Department of Labor  ( 29 U.S.C. 2 ; Chap. 141), is amended—
(A)
in the first sentence, by striking  Secretary of Labor may collate  and inserting  Secretary of Labor shall collate ; and
(B)
in the third sentence, by striking  Such statistics shall be reported  and inserting  Such statistics shall be publicly reported, in accordance with the first section of  Public Law 94–311 , online by the first Friday of each month, including .
(2)
Demographics
The first section of  Public Law 94–311  ( 29 U.S.C. 8 ; 90 Stat. 688) following the resolving clause is amended by striking  unemployment data  and all that follows and inserting  unemployment data relating to individual demographics. In each labor statistics report required by section 4 of the Act of March 4, 1913, entitled  An Act to create a Department of Labor  ( 29 U.S.C. 2 ; Chap. 141), the Secretary of Labor shall include, at a minimum, data disaggregated by the demographic categories of geography, race, ethnicity, and gender. .
(b)
Modernizing terms
Section 4 of the Act of March 4, 1913, titled  An Act to create a Department of Labor  ( 29 U.S.C. 2 ; Chap. 141), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended—
(1)
in the first sentence—
(A)
by striking  report at least once each year, or oftener  and inserting  publicly report, in accordance with the first section of  Public Law 94–311 , at least once each year, or more frequently ;
(B)
by striking  provided for his department  and inserting  provided for the Department of Labor ; and
(C)
by striking  such manner as to him  and inserting  such manner as the Secretary ; and
(2)
in the last sentence, by striking  such manner as he may deem satisfactory  and inserting  such manner as the Secretary may deem satisfactory .
(c)
Heading
The Law Revision Counsel is directed to, where the first section of  Public Law 94–311  ( 29 U.S.C. 8 ; 90 Stat. 688), as amended by subsection (a)(2), is displayed in the United States Code, designate the heading of such section as  Unemployment data relating to individual demographics .