COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION 58-310 CC MARCH 25, 1999 Serial 106-11 Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means DEPOSITORY NOV 1 6 1999 Stanford University U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1999 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 Pursuant to clause 2(e)(4) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House, public hearing records of the Committee on Ways and Means are also published in electronic form. The printed hearing record remains the official version. Because electronic submissions are used to prepare both printed and electronic versions of the hearing record, the process of converting between various electronic formats may introduce unintentional errors or omissions. Such occurrences are inherent in the current publication process and should diminish as the process is further refined. ii CONTENTS Page U.S. General Accounting Office, Hon. David M. Walker, Comptroller General . Social Security Administration, Stephen C. Goss, Deputy Chief Actuary, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Wendell Primus iii |