,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gjg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bb1        
#bjai,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new
 ,york 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,ms4  
,adams1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,ms4 
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,foster1 ,ms4         
,wasserman ,schultz1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1
 ,mrs4 ,dingell1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4     
,khanna1 ,mr4 ,veasey1 ,mr4 ,smith of   
,washington1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of          
,california1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mr4       
,johnson of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1
 and ,mr4 ,garamendi7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform
  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,bureau of 
,economic ,analysis of the ,department  
of ,commerce to provide estimates       
relating to the distribution of         
aggregate economic growth across        
specific percentile groups of income4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,measuring ,real ,income ,growth
 ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,findings ,congress

 finds the following3  7#a7 ,economic   
inequality in the ,united ,states has   
increased dramatically during the #d    
decades preceding the date of enactment 
of this ,act1 with fewer households     
taking home a larger share of the       
national income4  7#b7 ,while growth was
 once distributed relatively evenly     
across all individuals in the ,united   
,states1 research shows that economic   
gains are increasingly enjoyed by the   
most affluent4 ,by contrast1 the        
majority of individuals in the ,united  
,states have seen income and wage growth
 significantly below what is suggested  
by national measures of output and      
income4  7#c7 ,the ,bureau of ,economic 
,analysis of the ,department of         
,commerce 7referred to in this section  
as ,,bea7 reports annual and quarterly  
estimates of gross domestic product     
7referred to in this section as ,,gdp7  
in the ,united ,states4 ,these estimates
 are important measures of the overall  
size and health of the economy of the   

,united ,states but do not describe how 
economic gains are distributed across   
the population of the ,united ,states4  
7#d7 ,in a country of #cbe1jjj1jjj      
individuals1 top-line ,,gdp numbers do  
not capture the full range of household 
economic experiences and may be         
misleading4 ,the real ,,gdp grew more   
than #c percent annually between #bjjc  
and #bjje1 but the average income for   
#a_/b of all individuals in the ,united 
,states fell during that period4  7#e7  
,disaggregating economic growth by      
income groups will provide a more       
complete picture of how families in the 
,united ,states are faring across all   
rungs of the economic ladder and whether
 economic growth is benefiting all      
individuals in the ,united ,states4     
7#f7 ,recent academic estimates of      
distributional growth show how much of  
the economic gains during the #dj years 
preceding the date of enactment of this 
,act have accrued to the top of the     
income distribution4 ,between #aihj and 

#bjad1 the average income of the top #a 
percent of the income distribution grew 
#e times as much as the average income  
of the bottom #ij percent of the income 
distribution and more than #i times as  
much as the average income of the bottom
 #a_/b4  7#g7 ,official and timely      
estimates of distributional growth from 
,,bea1 reported alongside top-line ,,gdp
 numbers1 would enable ,congress to     
better evaluate economic policies that  
impact every individual in the ,united  
,states4  7#h7 ,efforts to address slow 
wage growth1 stagnant incomes1 and      
growing economic inequality require     
broadening the focus beyond ,,gdp and   
obtaining metrics that better correspond
 to the experiences of all families in  
the ,united ,states4  #c4 ,estimates of 
aggregate economic growth across income 
groups  7a7 ,definitions ,in this       
section3 7#a7 ,bureau ,the term ,bureau 
means the ,bureau of ,economic ,analysis
 of the ,department of ,commerce4  7#b7 
,gross domestic product analysis ,the   

term gross domestic product analysis--  
7,a7 means a quarterly or annual        
analysis conducted by the ,bureau with  
respect to the gross domestic product of
 the ,united ,states2 and  7,b7 includes
 a revision prepared by the ,bureau of  
an analysis described in subparagraph   
7,a74  7#c7 ,recent estimate ,the term  
recent estimate means the most recent   
estimate described in subsection 7b7    
that is available on the date on which  
the gross domestic product analysis with
 which the estimate is to be included is
 conducted4  7b7 ,inclusion in reports  
,beginning in #bjbj1 in each gross      
domestic product analysis conducted by  
the ,bureau1 the ,bureau shall include a
 recent estimate of1 with respect to    
specific percentile groups of income1   
the total amount that was added to the  
economy of the ,united ,states during   
the period to which the recent estimate 
pertains1 including in--  7#a7 each of  
the #aj deciles of income2 and  7#b7 the
 highest #a percent of income4  7c7     

,authorization of appropriations ,there 
are authorized to be appropriated to the
 ,secretary of ,commerce such sums as   
are necessary to carry out this section4