[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 230 (Thursday, December 1, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-29554] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: December 1, 1994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Social Security Administration 1994 Advisory Council on Social Security; Meeting AGENCY: Social Security Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces a meeting of the 1994 Advisory Council on Social Security (the Council). DATES: December 16, 1994, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and December 17, 1994, 9 a.m. to 12 noon. ADDRESSES: The Capitol Hilton, 16th & K Streets NW., Washington, DC 20036, (202) 393-1000. 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 (59 FR 30367), July 29, 1994 (59 FR 35942), September 29-30 (59 FR 47146), October 21-22 (59 FR 51451), and November 18-19 (59 FR 55272). II. Agenda The following topics will be presented and discussed: Adequacy and equity of Social Security benefits; Review of demographic issues regarding a) trends in mortality and morbidity and b) life expectancies; Trust Fund investment and budget treatment options and alternatives; and Trends in private sector retirement savings and investment. The agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. 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: November 25, 1994. David Lindeman, Executive Director, 1994 Advisory Council on Social Security. [FR Doc. 94-29554 Filed 11-30-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4190-29-M