gains during the 40 years preceding the date of enactment of this Act have accrued to the top of the income distribution. Between 1980 and 2014, the average income of the top 1 percent of the income distribution grew 5 times as much as the average income of the bottom 90 percent of the income distribution and more than 9 times as much as the average income of the bottom half. (7) Official and timely estimates of distributional growth from BEA, reported alongside top-line GDP numbers, would enable Congress to better evaluate economic policies that impact every individual in the United States. (8) Efforts to address slow wage growth, stagnant incomes, 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 States. 3. Estimates of aggregate economic growth across income groups (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Bureau The term Bureau means the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce. (2) Gross domestic product analysis The term gross domestic product analysis — (A) means a quarterly or annual analysis conducted by the Bureau with respect to the gross domestic product of the United States