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1994.03.02 : Commission on Social Security "Notch" Issue

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                   Contact:  HHS Press Office
Wednesday, March 2, 1994                          (202) 690-6343

      PRESIDENT CLINTON APPOINTS NOTCH COMMISSION MEMBERS

     President Clinton today appointed two Democrats and two
Republicans to serve on the Commission on the Social Security
"Notch" Issue.

     The term "notch" refers to the difference in Social Security
benefit levels between workers born after 1916 and workers with
similar earnings who were born before then.

     The 12-member Commission, which includes eight members already
appointed by Congressional leaders, will conduct a comprehensive
study of what has come to be known as the "notch" issue.

    The study will examine the causes of the controversy, whether
there are inequities in the treatment of Social Security
beneficiaries born in different years, whether any legislative
action is needed and, if so, how much it would cost. 

     The Democrats appointed to the commission were:

     Alan K. "Scotty" Campbell, a professor of public policy at the
University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.  Campbell,
who was the first director of the Office of Personnel Management in
the Carter administration, will be designated commission chair.

     Lindy Boggs, a former member of the U.S. House of
Representatives.  Boggs served in the House from 1973 to 1990, was
chairman of the Democratic National Convention in 1976 and is a
past president of the Women's National Democratic Club.

     The Republicans the President appointed to the commission
were:

     Gwendolyn King, commissioner of Social Security between 1989
and 1992, and currently senior vice president for corporate and
public affairs of PECO ENERGY Co. in Philadelphia.

     Robert Froehlke, president and chief executive officer of IDS
Mutual Funds Group and former board chairman of Equitable Life
Assurance Society.  He is a former secretary of the Army.

     The commission's final report is due to Congress on Dec. 31,
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1994. 

     The eight members appointed by the House and Senate are as
follows:  Robert J. Myers, consulting actuary, former deputy
commissioner of Social Security, and chief actuary, Social Security
Administration; Patricia M. Owens, former associate commissioner
for disability, Social Security Administration; John F. Cogan,
senior fellow, Hoover Institution, and former deputy director,
Office of Management and Budget for the Reagan administration;
Carolyn L. Weaver, American Enterprise Institute, former
professional staff to Senate Finance Committee under Senator Robert
Dole; James C. Corman, former representative from California and
chair of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation; Carroll L. Estes, chair, department of
social and behavioral sciences, University of California; Barber
Conable, former representative from New York and ranking member,
Ways and Means Committee; and Arthur L. Singleton, former minority
counsel, Ways and Means Committee.