HR7804-119

In Committee

BLS Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 4, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, BLS Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Government Operations, Environment.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HA1DE15CA12A84E06A9C73E219AD54A82: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Better Labor Statistics Act or the BLS Act.
  • Section H0D658464275A454198A018E0EDDC7C93: 2. Modernizing duties and terms relating to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Section 4 of the Act of March 4, 1913, titled An Act to create a Department of Labor...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, BLS Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Government Operations, Environment

Primary Purpose

This bill, BLS Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Government Operations Environment

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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workers, employers, and labor regulators:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
workers, employers, and labor regulators:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 4, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Mar 4, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 4, 2026

Ms. Pressley (for herself and Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania) introduced …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor Government Operations Environment
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_labor"
→ Secretary of Labor

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