BLS Act

This bill directs the Secretary of Labor to modernize how the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects and reports unemployment data. It requires the agency to publicly release unemployment statistics online by the first Friday of each month and to include detailed demographic breakdowns by geography, race, ethnicity, and gender in all reports. The legislation also updates legal language to clarify that the Secretary must perform these duties and report in a manner they deem appropriate. These changes apply directly to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and affect how unemployment data is made available to the public.