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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Social Security Administration
1994 Advisory Council on Social Security; Regional Meetings
AGENCY: Social Security Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this
notice announces regional meetings of the 1994 Advisory Council on
Social Security (the Council).
DATES AND ADDRESSES: The following meetings will be held on September
29, 1994, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
CHICAGO REGION:
Loyola University, Rubloff Auditorium, 25 East Pearson, Chicago, IL
ATLANTA REGION:
The University of Miami, Koubek Center, 2705 S.W. 3 Street, Miami,
FL
DALLAS REGION:
University of Texas at Austin, Lyndon Baines Johnson School of
Public Affairs, Bass Lecture Hall, Austin, TX
The following meetings will be held on September 30, 1994, 10:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
BOSTON REGION:
Boston College, Gasson Hall, Room 100, 140 Commonwealth Avenue,
Chestnut Hill, MA
NEW YORK REGION:
U.S. Court of International Trade, One Federal Plaza, 2nd Floor,
New York, NY
SAN FRANCISCO REGION:
University of San Francisco, 250 McLaren Hall, Golden Gate Avenue
and Parker Street, San Francisco, CA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail--Dan Wartonick, 1994 Advisory
Council on Social Security, Room 639H, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20201; By telephone--(202) 205-
4861; By telefax--(202) 260-6101.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Purpose
Under section 706 of the Social Security Act (the Act), the
Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) appoints the
Council every 4 years. The Council examines issues affecting the Social
Security Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) programs,
as well as the Medicare program and impacts on the Medicaid program,
which were created under the Act.
In addition, the Secretary has asked the Council specifically to
address the following:
Social Security financing issues, including developing
recommendations for improving the long-range financial status of the
OASDI programs;
General program issues such as the relative equity and
adequacy of Social Security benefits for persons at various income
levels, in various family situations, and various age cohorts, taking
into account such factors as the increased labor force participation of
women, lower marriage rates, increased likelihood of divorce, and
higher poverty rates of aged women.
In addressing these topics, the Secretary suggested that the
Council may wish to analyze the relative roles of the public and
private sectors in providing retirement income, how policies in both
sectors affect retirement decisions and the economic status of the
elderly, and how the disability insurance program provisions and the
availability of health insurance and health care costs affect such
matters.
The Council is composed of 12 members in addition to the chairman:
Robert Ball, Joan Bok, Ann Combs, Edith Fierst, Gloria Johnson, Thomas
Jones, George Kourpias, Sylvester Schieber, Gerald Shea, Marc Twinney,
Fidel Vargas, and Carolyn Weaver. The chairman is Edward Gramlich.
The Council met previously on June 24-25, and July 29, 1994 (59 FR
30367 and 59 FR 35942, respectively).
II. Agenda
The Council will consider views and comments from the public on the
following subjects:
Social Security financing, including the long-range
financial status of the OASDI programs;
Adequacy and equity of Social Security benefits paid to
persons at various income levels, in various family situations, and age
groups; and
The relative roles of the public and private sectors in
providing retirement income and how policies in both sectors affect the
retirement decisions and economic well-being of individuals.
The agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
The meeting is open to the public to the extent that space is
available. Public officials, representatives of professional and
advocacy organizations, concerned citizens, and Social Security and SSI
recipients may speak and submit written comments on the issues
considered by the Council. Interpreter services for persons with
hearing impairments will be provided.
In order to ensure that as many speakers as possible are given the
opportunity in the time allotted for public comment, each person will
be limited to a maximum of 5 minutes. Because of the time limitation,
individuals are requested to present comments in their order of
importance. A written copy of comments should be prepared and presented
to us, preferably in advance of the meeting. To ensure our full
understanding and consideration of all of each speaker's concerns, we
welcome written comments that provide a detailed and elaborative
discussion of the subjects presented orally, as well as further written
comments on other issues not presented orally. Persons unable to attend
the meeting also may submit written comments. Written comments will
receive the same consideration as oral comments.
To request to speak, please telephone the Council at the
information contact shown above, and provide the following: (1) Name;
(2) business or residence address; (3) telephone number (including area
code) during normal working hours; and (4) capacity in which
presentation will be made; i.e., public official, representative of an
organization, or citizen. For planning purposes, we will appreciate
receiving requests to speak 7 days before the date of the meeting.
A transcript of the meeting will be available at an at-cost basis.
Transcripts may be ordered from the information contact shown above.
The transcript and all written submissions will become part of the
record of these meetings.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.802, Social
Security-Disability Insurance; 93.803, Social Security-Retirement
Insurance; 93.805, Social Security-Survivors Insurance)
Dated: September 7, 1994.
David Lindeman,
Executive Director, 1994 Advisory Council on Social Security.
[FR Doc. 94-22718 Filed 9-13-94; 8:45 am]
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