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 90 STAT. 1484

National Commission on Employment and Unemployment Statistics. Establishment. Membership.

Vacancies.

Advisory members.

PUBLIC LAW 94-444—OCT. 1, 1976 (B) the allocation of billions of dollars of Federal funds on the basis of unemployment data is increasing, making even more crucial the timely, accurate, and uniform measurement of the labor force; (C) the formulation of public policies to promote the most effective use of our human resources is hindered by inadequate information on the utilization and effect of education and training programs; (D) in order for governmental and private sector policy decisions to have maximum effect upon reducing unemployment and strengthening the labor force, an accurate and precise system for measuring employment and unemployment and its impacts on particular segments of the potential work force is essential; (E) the current method of data collection and the form of its presentation, at national, regional, and subregional levels, may not fully reflect unemployment and employment trends, and may produce incomplete and, therefore, misleading conclusions, thus impairing the validity and utility of this critical economic indicator; (F) it is critical to retain public confidence in the procedures, concepts, and methodology of collecting, analyzing, and presenting employment and unemployment statistics; and (G) objectivity is a necessity in considering reform of statistical processes. (2) It is the purpose of this section to establish a National Commission on Employment and Unemployment Statistics to have responsibility for examining the procedures, concepts, and methodology involved in employment and unemployment statistics and suggesting ways and means of improving them. (b)(1) There shall be established a National Commission on Employment and Unemployment Statistics (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Commission") which shall consist of nine members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Seven of the members shall be selected on the basis of their knowledge of and experience in the procedures, methodology, or use of employment and unemployment statistics, and shall be broadly representative of labor, business and finance, education and training, economics and statistics, and State and local government. Two of the members shall be selected from the general public. The membership of the Commission shall be generally representative of significant segments of the labor force, including women and minority groups. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers as long as there continues to be at least five members; and any such vacancy may be filled in the same manner as the original appointment is made. (2) Except when six members of the Commission shall vote to hold an executive session for a particular purpose, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Commerce, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, the Director of the Bureau of the Census, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Chairman of the National Commission for Manpower Policy, the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and a majority and a minority member each of the Joint Economic Committee, of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate, and of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, or in each case a designee, shall assist and participate in the hearings, deliberations, and other activities of the Commission on an advisory basis.

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