[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 36 (Thursday, February 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10090-10091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4397]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Social Security Administration


1994-95 Advisory Council on Social Security; Meeting

AGENCY: Social Security Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this 
notice announces a meeting of the 1994-95 Advisory Council on Social 
Security (the Council).

DATES: Friday, March 10, 1995, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday, 
March 11, 1995, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

ADDRESSES: The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), 
1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 857-9500.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail--Dan Wartonick, 1994-95 
Advisory Council on Social Security, Room 624D, Hubert H. Humphrey 
Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20201; By 
telephone--(202) 205-4861; By telefax--(202) 205-4879.

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 (59 FR 30367), July 29, 
1994 (59 FR 35942), September 29-30 (59 FR 47146), October 21-22 (59 FR 
51451), November 18-19 (59 FR 55272), January 27 (60 FR 3416) and 
February 10-11 (60 FR 5433).

II. Agenda

    The following topics will be presented and discussed: 
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     Report on Trends and Issues in Retirement Saving;
     Report on Assumptions and Methods used in projecting the 
financial status of the Social Security Trust Funds;
     Alternative measures for taxing Social Security Benefits;
     Outline of options/issues relating to mandatory/voluntary 
``second pillar'' arrangements; and
     Overview of tax policy issues affecting voluntary 
retirement saving.
    The meeting is open to the public to the extent that space is 
available. Interpreter services for persons with hearing impairments 
will be provided. A transcript of the meeting will be available to the 
public on an at-cost-of duplication basis. The transcript can be 
ordered from the Executive Director of the Council. (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: February 13, 1995.
David C. Lindeman,
Executive Director, 1994-95 Advisory Council on Social Security.
[FR Doc. 95-4397 Filed 2-22-95; 8:45 am]
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