    [House Hearing, 104 Congress]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

              RECOMMENDATIONS     TO    IMPROVE      THE
               PERFORMANCE   OF  THE    SOCIAL  SECURITY
               ADMINISTRATION    AS    AN    INDEPENDENT
               AGENCY
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                                    HEARING

                                   before the

                     SUBCOMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SECURITY

                                     of the

                         COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

                            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                          ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS

                               SECOND SESSION

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                               SEPTEMBER 12, 1996

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                                  Serial 104-94

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                     U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

    45-808 CC              WASHINGTON : 1997
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                           ISBN 0-16-057041-7