BLS Act
Sponsored By: Representative Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced
Summary
Mandatory monthly public labor statistics with detailed demographic breakdowns. This bill would require the Bureau of Labor Statistics to collate and publish labor and unemployment data online by the first Friday of each month, with at least geography, race, ethnicity, and gender shown in every report.
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- Workers and local communities would get more timely, local, and demographic unemployment data to see how jobs and unemployment vary by place and group.
- Policymakers, researchers, and advocates would receive consistently disaggregated data in each labor report, making it easier to identify and address disparities.
- The Department of Labor and the Bureau of Labor Statistics would move from optional to required duties, update statutory wording to modern terms, and get a new code heading titled "Unemployment data relating to individual demographics."
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Monthly labor reports with demographics
This bill would require the Secretary of Labor to collate national labor statistics. It would require those statistics to be posted online by the first Friday of each month. Each required report would include, at minimum, data broken down by geography, race, ethnicity, and gender. It would also direct a codified heading for unemployment data relating to individual demographics.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
MA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]
PA • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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