National Commission on Social Security Reform
Staff Members
The 1981-1983 National Commission on Social Security Reform was appointed by Congress and President Ronald Reagan in 1981 to study and make recommendations regarding the short-term financing crisis that Social Security faced at that time. Its report, issued in January 1983, became the basis for the 1983 Social Security Amendments, which resolved the financing problem and made many other significant changes in Social Security law. The following statement is from a November 10, 2009, hearing before the Senate Budget Committee on “Bipartisan Process Proposals for Long-Term Fiscal Stability.” It was submitted by the following commission staff members: Nancy J. Altman,…