Honesty in Consumer Price Index Reporting Act
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Sep 11, 2015)
Honesty in Consumer Price Index Reporting Act
This bill directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to report regularly and routinely an additional data set designed to replicate the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (or CPI-W set) reflecting a fixed market basket of goods and services, omitting consideration of substitution of goods and services due to changes in individual consumption patterns caused by price increases, utilizing the methodology that was employed by the Bureau in 1980.
What just happenedMar 23, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseSep 11, 2015
- Mar 23, 2016Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee - Sep 11, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Education and the Workforce Committee - Sep 11, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Sep 11, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House