Past Chairmen
- Senator Patrick V. McNamara
- Senator George Smathers
- Senator Harrison A. Williams
- Senator Frank Church
- Senator Lawton Chiles
- Senator John Heinz
- Senator John Melcher
- Senator David Pryor
- Senator William Cohen
- Senator Charles Grassley
- Senator John Breaux
- Senator Larry Craig
- Senator Gordon Smith
- Senator Herb Kohl
Senator Patrick V. McNamara of Michigan
Chairman, 1961 - 1962
- 1958 Memo on Need for Special Committee on Aging
- 1959 Subcommittee on the Problems of the Aging and Aged Formed
- 1959 Aging News Clips
- 1959 Aging Statement for Rules Committee
- 1959 Subcommittee Study on Problems of the Aging and Aged
- 1961 Press Release on Formation of Senate Special Committee on Aging
- 1961 Committee Report: Comparison of Health Insurance Proposals for Older Persons
- 1961 Committee Report: White House Conference on Aging; Basic policy statements and recommendations
- 1961 Committee Report: New Population Facts on Older Americans, 1960
- 1961 Committee Report: Basic Facts on the Health and Economic Status of Older Americans, Staff Report
- 1961 Committee Report: Health and Economic Conditions of the American Aged
- 1961 Committee Report: State Action To Implement Medical Programs for the Aged
- 1961 Committee Report: A Constant Purchasing Power Bond: A Proposal for Protecting Retirement Income
- 1961 Committee Report: Mental Illness Among Older Americans
- 1962 Committee Report: Comparison of Health Insurance Proposals for Older Persons, 1961-62
- 1962 Committee Report: Background Facts on the Financing of the Health Care of the Aged
- 1962 Committee Report: Performance of the States: 18 Months of Experience With the Medical Assistance for the Aged (Kerr-Mills) Program
- 1962 Committee Report: Health and Economic Conditions of the American Aged
Senator George Smathers of Florida
Chairman, 1963 - 1966
- 1963 Committee Report: A Compilation of Materials Relevant to the Message of the President of the United States on Our Nation's Senior Citizens
- 1963 Committee Report: Medical Assistance for the Aged: The Kerr-Mills Program, 1960-63
- 1963 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1959-19630
- 1964 Constituent Letter and Response
- 1964 Statement on Need to Extend Special Committee
- 1964 Committee Report: Blue Cross and Private Health Insurance Coverage of Older Americans
- 1964 Committee Report: Increasing Employment Opportunities for the Elderly - Recommendations and Comments
- 1964 Committee Report: Services for Senior Citizens - Recommendations and Comments
- 1964 Committee Report: Major Federal Legislative and Executive Actions Affecting Senior Citizens 1963-64
- 1965 Committee Report: Frauds and Deceptions Affecting the Elderly - Investigations Findings and Recommendations
- 1965 Committee Report: Extending Private Pension Coverage
- 1965 Committee Report: Health Insurance and Related Provisions of Public Law 98-97, The Social Security Amendments of 1965
- 1965 Committee Report: Major Federal Legislative and Executive Actions Affecting Senior Citizens
- 1966 Committee Report: Services to the Elderly on Public Assistance
- 1966 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1965
- 1966 Committee Report: The War on Poverty As It Affects Older Americans
- 1966 Committee Report: Needs for Services Revealed by Operation Medicare Alert
- 1966 Committee Report: Tax Consequences of Contributions to Needy Older Relatives
Senator Harrison A. Williams of New Jersey
Chairman, 1967 - 1970
- 1967 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1966
- 1967 Committee Report: Reduction of Retirement Benefits Due to Social Security Increases
- 1968 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1967
- 1969 Committee Report: Economics of Aging: Toward a Full Share in Abundance
- 1969 Committee Report: Health Aspects of the Economics of Aging
- 1969 Committee Report: Social Security for the Aged: International Perspectives
- 1969 Committee Report: Employment Aspects of the Economics of Aging
- 1970 Wayne State Student's History of Committee
- 1970 Committee Report: Pension Aspects of the Economics of Aging: Present and Future Roles of Private Pensions
- 1970 Committee Report: The Stake of Today's Workers in Retirement Security
- 1970 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1969
- 1970 Committee Report: Legal Problems Affecting Older Americans
- 1970 Committee Report: Income Tax Overpayments by the Elderly
- 1970 Committee Report: Older Americans and Transportation: A Crisis in Mobility
- 1970 Committee Report: Economics of Aging: Toward a Full Share in Abundance
Senator Frank Church of Idaho
Chairman, 1971 - 1978
- 1971 Chairman's Statment on Committee's Agenda
- 1971 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1970
- 1971 Committee Report: The Nation's Stake in the Employment of Middle-Aged and Older Persons
- 1971 Committee Report: The Administration on Aging - Or a Successor?
- 1971 Committee Report: Alternatives to Nursing Home Care: A Proposal
- 1971 Committee Report: Mental Health Care and the Elderly: Shortcomings in Public Policy
- 1971 Committee Report: The Multiple Hazards of Age and Race: The Situation of Aged Blacks in the United States
- 1971 Committee Report: Advisory Council on the Elderly American Indian
- 1971 Committee Report: A Pre-White House Conference on Aging: Summary of Developments and Data
- 1971 Committee Report: Research and Training Gerontology
- 1971 Committee Report: Making Services for the Elderly Work: Some Lessons From the British Experience
- 1971 Committee Report: White House Conference on Aging, a Report to the Delegates from the Conference Sections and Special Concerns Sessions
- 1972 Committee Report: Home Health Services in the United States
- 1972 Committee Report: Proposals to Eliminate Legal Barriers Affecting Elderly Mexican-Americans
- 1972 Committee Report: Cancelled Careers: The Impact of Reduction-in-Force Policies on Middle-Aged Federal Employeesl
- 1972 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1971 and January-March 1972
- 1972 Committee Report: Action on Aging Legislation in 92nd Congress
- 1972 Committee Report: Legislative History of the Older Americans Comprehensive Services Amendments of 1972
- 1973 Committee Report: The Rise and Threatened Fall of Service Programs for the Elderly
- 1973 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1972 and January-March 1973
- 1973 Committee Report: Housing for the Elderly: A Status Report
- 1973 Committee Report: Older Americans Comprehensive Services Amendments of 1973
- 1973 Committee Report: Home Health Services in the United States: A Working Paper on Current Status
- 1973 Committee Report: Economics of Aging: Toward a Full Share in Abundance, Index to Hearings and Report
- 1973 Committee Report: Research on Aging Act 1973
- 1973 Committee Report: Post-White House Conference on Aging Reports, Joint Committee Print Prepared by the Subcommittee on Aging of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare and the Special Committee on Aging
- 1973 Committee Report: Improving the Age Discrimination Law
- 1974 Memo on Need for Permanent Status
- 1974 S. Res 294 Permanent Status Legislation
- 1974 Committee Report: The Proposed Fiscal 1975 Budget: What it Means for Older Americans
- 1974 Committee Report: Private Health Insurance Supplementary to Medicare
- 1974 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1973 and January-March 1974
- 1974 Committee Report: Nursing Home Care in the United States: Failure in Public Policy: Introductory Report
- 1974 Committee Report: Nursing Home Care in the United States: Failure in Public Policy: Supporting Paper #1: The Litany of Nursing Home Abuses and an Examination of the Roots of Controversy
- 1975 Minutes on Nursing Home Investigation
- 1975 Investigation Funding Request
- 1975 Committee Report: Nursing Home Care in the United States: Failure in Public Policy: Supporting Paper #2: Drugs in Nursing Homes: Misuse, High Costs and Kickbacks
- 1975 Committee Report: Nursing Home Care in the United States: Failure in Public Policy: Supporting Paper #3: Doctors in Nursing Homes: The Shunned Responsibility
- 1975 Committee Report: Nursing Home Care in the United States: Failure in Public Policy: Supporting Paper #4: Nurses in Nursing Homes: The Heavy Burden (the Reliance on Untrained and Unlicensed Personnel
- 1975 Committee Report: Nursing Home Care in the United States: Failure in Public Policy: Supporting Paper #5: The Continuing Chronicle of Nursing Home Fires
- 1975 Committee Report: Nursing Home Care in the United States: Failure in Public Policy: Supporting Paper #6: What Can Be Done in Nursing Homes: Positive Aspects in Long-Term Care
- 1975 Committee Report: Senior Opportunities and Services (Directory of Programs)
- 1975 Committee Report: Action on Aging Legislation in 93rd Congres
- 1975 Committee Report: The Proposed Fiscal 1976 Budget: What It Means for Older Americans
- 1975 Committee Report: Future Directions in Social Security, Unresolved Issues: An Interim Staff Report
- 1975 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1974 and January-April 1975
- 1975 Working Paper: Women and Social Security: Adapting to a New Era
- 1975 Committee Report: Congregate Housing for Older Adults
- 1976 Downsizing Memorandum
- 1976 Committee Report: Nursing Home Care in the United States: Failure in Public Policy: Supporting Paper #7: The Role of Nursing Homes in Caring for Discharged Mental Patients (and the Birth of a For-Profit Boarding Home Industry)
- 1976 Committee Report: The Proposed Fiscal Year 1977 Budget: What it Means For Older Americans
- 1976 Committee Report: Fraud and Abuse Among clinical Laboratories
- 1976 Committee Report: Developments in Aging 1975 & January-May 1976 (Part 1)
- 1976 Committee Report: Developments in Aging 1975 & January-May 1976 (Part 2)
- 1976 Committee Report: Recession�s Continuing Victim: The Older Worker
- 1976 Committee Report: Fraud and Abuse among Practitioners Participating in the Medicaid Program
- 1976 Committee Report: Advisory Council on the Elderly American Indian
- 1976 Committee Report: Adult Day Facilities for Treatment, Health Care, and Related Services
- 1976 Committee Report: Action on Aging Legislation in 94th Congress
- 1977 Aging Committee News Clip
- 1977 Newsletter on Aging Committee
- 1977 Prima, Arizona Council on Aging Political Cartoon
- 1977 Aging Committee Retained Statement
- 1977 Committee Report: The Proposed Fiscal 1978 Budget: What It Means for Older Americans
- 1977 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1976 (Part 1)
- 1977 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1976 (Part 2)
- 1977 Committee Report: Kickbacks among Medicaid Providers
- 1977 Committee Report: Protective Services for the Elderly
- 1977 Committee Report: The Next Steps in Combating Aging Discrimination in Employment with Special Reference to Mandatory Retirement Policy
- 1978 Committee Report: The Proposed Fiscal 1979 Budget: What It Means for Older Americans
- 1978 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1977 (Part 1)
- 1978 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1977 (Part 2)
- 1978 Committee Report: Paperwork and the Older Americans Act: Problems of Implementing Accountability
- 1978 Committee Report: Single Room Occupancy: A Need for National Concern
- 1978 Committee Report: Action on Aging Legislation in the 95th Congress
Senator Lawton Chiles of Florida
Chairman, 1979 - 1980
- 1979 S. Con. Res. 1 Claude Pepper Senior Citizen Congressional Intern Legislation
- 1979 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1978 (Part 1)
- 1979 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1978 (Part 2)
- 1979 Committee Report: Energy Assistance programs and Pricing Policies in the 50 States to Benefit Elderly, Disabled, or Low-Income Household
- 1979 Committee Report: The Proposed Fiscal 1980 Budget: What it Means for Older Americans
- 1980 Committee Report: The Proposed Fiscal 1981 Budget: What It Means for Older Americans
- 1980 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1976 (Part 1)
- 1980 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1976 (Part 2)
- 1980 Committee Report: Emerging Options for Work and Retirement Policy (An Analysis of Major Income and Employment Issues with an Agenda for Research Priorities)
- 1980 Committee Report: Summary of Recommendations and Surveys on Social Security and Pension Policies
- 1980 Committee Report: Innovative Developments in Aging: State Level
- 1980 Committee Report: States Offices on Aging: History and Statutory Authority
- 1980 Committee Report: State and Local Government Terminations of Social Security Coverage
Senator H. John Heinz III of Pennsylvania
Chairman, 1981 - 1986
- 1981 Committee Report: The Proposed Fiscal Year 1982 Budget: What it Means for Older Americans
- 1981 Committee Report: Action on Aging Legislation in the 96th Congress
- 1981 Committee Report: Energy and the Aged
- 1981 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1980 (Part 1)
- 1981 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1980 (Part 2)
- 1981 Committee Report: 1981 Federal Income Tax Legislation: How it Affects Older Americans and Those Planning for Retirement
- 1981 Committee Report: Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981
- 1981 Committee Report: Toward a National Older Worker Policy
- 1981 Committee Report: Crime and the Elderly - What You Can Do?
- 1981 Committee Report: Social Security in Europe: The Impact of an Aging Population
- 1981 Committee Report: Background Materials Relating to Office of Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services Efforts to Combat Fraud, Waste and Abuse
- 1981 Committee Report: A Guide to Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA's)
- 1982 Committee Report: Social Security Disability: Past, Present and Future
- 1982 Committee Report: The Proposed Fiscal Year 1983 Budget: What it Means for Older Americans
- 1982 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1981 (Part 1)
- 1982 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1981 (Part 2)
- 1982 Committee Report: Linkages between Private Pensions and Social Security Reform
- 1982 Committee Report: Health Care Expenditures for the Elderly: How Much Protection Does Medicare Provide?
- 1982 Committee Report: Turning Home Equity into Income for Older Homeowners
- 1982 Committee Report: Aging and the Work Force: Human Resource Strategies
- 1982 Committee Report: Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in the Medicare Pacemaker Industry
- 1982 Committee Report: Congressional Action on the Fiscal Year 1983 Budget: What It Means for Older Americans
- 1982 Committee Report: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Enforcement of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act: 1979-1982
- 1983 Committee Report: Consumer Frauds and Elderly Persons: A Growing Problem
- 1983 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1982 (Part 1)
- 1983 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1982 (Part 2)
- 1983 Committee Report: Action on Aging Legislation in the 97th Congress
- 1983 Committee Report: Prospects for Medicare's Hospital Insurance Trust Fund
- 1983 Committee Report: The Proposed Fiscal Year 1984 Budget: What It Means for Older Americans
- 1983 Committee Report: You and Your Medicines: Guidelines for Older Americans
- 1983 Committee Report: Heat Stress and Older Americans: Problems and Solutions
- 1983 Committee Report: Current Developments in Prospective Reimbursement Systems for Financing Hospital Care
- 1984 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1983 (Part 1)
- 1984 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1983 (Part 2)
- 1984 Committee Report: Medicare: Paying the Physician - History, Issues and Options
- 1984 Committee Report: Older Americans and the Federal Budget: Past, Present and Future
- 1984 Committee Report: Medicare and the health Cost of Older Americans: The Extent and Effects of Cost Sharing
- 1984 Committee Report: 1981 Federal Income Tax Legislation: How it Affects Older Americans and Those Planning for Retirement
- 1984 Committee Report: Long-Term Care in Western Europe and Canada: Implications for the United States
- 1984 Committee Report: The Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974: The First Decade
- 1984 Committee Report: The Costs of Employing Older Workers
- 1985 Committee Report: Health and Extended Worklife
- 1985 Committee Report: Personnel Practices for an Aging Workforce: Private-Sector Examples
- 1985 Committee Report: 10th Anniversary of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
- 1985 Committee Report: Compilation of the Older Americans Act of 1965 and Related Provisions of Law
- 1985 Committee Report: America in Transition: An Aging Society, 1984-1985
- 1985 Committee Report: How Older Americans Live: An Analysis of Census Data
- 1985 Committee Report: Congressional Briefing of the 50th Anniversary of Social Security
- 1986 Committee Report: The Cost of Mandating Pension Accruals for Older Workers
- 1986 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1985 (Part 1)
- 1986 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1985 (Part 2)
- 1986 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1985 (Part 3)
- 1986 Committee Report: Alternative Budgets for Fiscal Year 1987: Impact on Older Americans
- 1986 Committee Report: Nursing Home Care: The Unfinished Agenda
- 1986 Committee Report: Hazards in Reuse of Disposable Dialysis Devices
- 1986 Committee Report: Hazards in Reuse of Disposable Dialysis Devices - Appendix
- 1986 Committee Report: The Health Status and Health Care Needs of Older Americans
- 1986 Committee Report: A Matter of Choice: Planning Ahead for Health Care Decisions
Senator John Melcher of Montana
Chairman, 1987 - 1988
- 1987 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1986 (Part 1)
- 1987 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1986 (Part 2)
- 1987 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1986 (Part 3)
- 1987 Committee Report: Older Americans Act Amendments of 1987: A Summary of Provisions
- 1987 Committee Report: Legislative Agenda for an Aging Society: 1988 and Beyond
- 1988 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1987 (Part 2)
- 1988 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1987 (Part 3)
- 1988 Committee Report: Compilation of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973
- 1988 Committee Report: The President's Fiscal Year 1989 Budget Proposal: How it would Affect Programs for Older Americans
- 1988 Committee Report: Home Care at the Crossroads
- 1988 Committee Report: Health Insurance and the Uninsured: Background and Analysis
- 1988 Committee Report: Medicare Physician Reimbursement: Issues and Options
- 1988 Committee Report: Medicare's New Prescription Drug Coverage: A Big Step Forward but Problems Still Exist
- 1988 Committee Report: Rural Health Care Challenge
- 1988 Committee Report: Insuring the Uninsured: Options and Analysis
- 1988 Committee Report: Costs and Effects of Extending Health Insurance Coverage
- 1988 Committee Report: EEOC Headquarters Officials Punish District Director for Exposing Headquarters Management
Senator David Pryor of Arkansas
Chairman, 1989 - 1994
- 1989 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1989 (Part 1)
- 1989 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1989 (Part 2)
- 1989 Committee Report: Prescription Drug Prices: Are We Getting Our Money's Worth?
- 1989 Committee Report: Aging America: Trends and Projections
- 1989 Committee Report: Compilation of the Older Americans Act of 1965, As Amended through December 31, 1988
- 1989 Committee Report: Untie the Elderly: Quality Care without Restraints
- 1990 Committee Report: Skyrocketing Prescription Drug Prices: Turning a Bad Deal into a Fair Deal
- 1990 Committee Report: Aging America: Trends and Projections
- 1990 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1989 (Part 1)
- 1990 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1989 (Part 2)
- 1990 Committee Report: President Bush's Proposed Fiscal Year 1991 Budget for Aging Programs
- 1990 Committee Report: Understanding Medicare: A Guide for Children of Aging Parents
- 1990 Committee Report: New Research on Aging: Changing Long-Term Care Needs by the 21st Century
- 1990 Committee Report: Disabled Yet Denied: Bureaucratic Injustice in the Disability Determination System
- 1991 Ranking Member Cohen's Statement on the Special Committee on Aging's 30th Anniversary
- 1991 Committee Report: An Ounce of Prevention: Health Care Guide for Older Americans
- 1991 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1990 (Part 1)
- 1991 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1990 (Part 2)
- 1991 Committee Report: Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act
- 1991 Committee Report: Older Americans Act: 25 Years of Achievement
- 1991 Committee Report: The Drug Manufacturing Industry: A Prescription for Profits
- 1991 Committee Report: Getting the Most from Federal Programs: Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, Medicare
- 1991 Committee Report: An Advocate's Guide to Laws and Programs Addressing Elder Abuse
- 1991 Committee Report: Lifelong Learning for an Aging Society
- 1992 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1991 (Part 1)
- 1992 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1991 (Part 2)
- 1992 Committee Report: State-by-State analysis of Fire Safety in Nursing Facilities
- 1992 Committee Report: Common Beliefs about the Rural Elderly: Myth or Fact?
- 1992 Committee Report: A Status Report: Accessibility and Affordability of Prescription Drugs for Older Americans
- 1992 Committee Report: Consumer's Guide for Planning Ahead: The Health Care Power of Attorney and the Living Will
- 1992 Committee Report: Lifelong Learning for an Aging Society (Annotated)
- 1992 Committee Report: Prescription Drug Programs for Older Americans
- 1993 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1992 (Part 1)
- 1993 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1992 (Part 2)
- 1992 Committee Report: Compilation of the Older Americans Act of 1965 and the Native American Programs Act of 1974
Senator William Cohen of Maine
Chairman, 1995 - 1996
- 1995 Report to Chairman - Long-Term Care: Current Issues and Future Directions
- 1995 Report to Chairman - Medicare: Increased HMO Oversight Could Improve Quality and Access to Care
- 1996 Report to Chairman - Medicare: Home Health Utilization Expands While Program Controls Deteriorate
- 1996 Report to Chairman - SSA Disability: Program Redesign Necessary to Encourage Return to Work
- 1996 Report to Chairman - AARP Medigap Premium Increases
- 1996 Report to Chairman - Blue Cross FEHBP Pharmacy Benefits
- 1996 Report to Chairman - Medicaid: Waiver Program for Developmentally Disabled is Promising but Poses Some Risks
- 1996 Report to Chairman - Medicare: HCFA Should Release Data to Aid Consumers, Prompt Better HMO Performance
- 1996 Report to Chairman - Skilled Nursing Facilities: Approval Process for Certain Services May Result in Highter Medicare Costs
Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa
Chairman, 1997 - 2000
- 1999 Report to Chairman - Nursing Homes: Complaint Investigation Process Often Inadequate to Protect Residents
- 1999 Report to Chairman - Nursing Homes: Additional Steps Needed to Strengthen Enforcement of Federal Quality Standars
- 1999 Report to Chairman - Assisted Living: Quality-of-Care and Consumer Protection Issues in Four States
- 1999 Report to Chairman - Medicare Managed Care: Greater Oversight Needed to Protect Beneficiary Rights
- 1999 Report to Chairman - Medicare+Choice: New Standards Could Improve Accuracy and Usefulness of Plan Literature
- 1999 Report to Chairman - Nursing Homes: Proposal to Enhance Oversight of Poorly Performing Homes has Merit
- 1999 Report to Chairman - Prescription Drug Benefits: Implications for Beneficiaries of Medicare HMO Use of Formularies
- 1999 Report to Chairman - Funeral-Related Industries: Complaints and State Laws Vary, and FTC could Better Manage the Funderal Rule
- 1999 Report to Chairman - Nursing Home Care: Enhanced HCFA Oversight of State Programs Would Better Ensure Quality
- 2000 Report to Chairman - Medicare Quality of Care: Oversight of Kidney Dialysis Facilities Needs Improvement
- 2000 Report to Chairman - Food Assistance: Options for Improving Nutrition for Older Americans
- 2000 Report to Chairman - Private Pensions: "Top-Heavy" Rules for Owner-Dominated Plans
- 2000 Report to Chairman - Nursing Homes: Sustained Efforts are Essential to Realize Potenial of the Quality Initiatives
- 2000 Report to Chairman - Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: Contracting Management Needs Improvement
- 2000 Report to Chairman - Cash Balance Plans: Implications for Retirement Income
- 2000 Committee Report: Developments in Aging: 1997-1998
Senator John Breaux of Louisiana
Chairman, 2001 - 2002
Senator Larry Craig of Idaho
Chairman, 2001 and 2003 - 2004
Senator Gordon Smith of Oregon
Chairman, 2005 - 2006
Senator Herb Kohl of Wisconsin
Chairman, 2007 - Present
- 2008 Committee Report: Building on Success: Lessons Learned from the Federal Background Check Pilot Program for Long-Term Care Workers
- 2008 Report to Chairman: Digital Television Transition: Implementation of the Converter Box Subsidy Program Is Under Way, but Preparedness to Manage an Increase in Subsidy Demand Is Unclear
- 2008 Report to Chairman: Long-Term Care Insurance: Oversight of Rate Setting and Claims Settlement Practices
- 2008 Committee Requested SSA OIG Report: Financial Institutions Deducting Fees and Garnishments from Social Security Benefits
- 2009 Committee Report: Life Settlements: Risks to Seniors
- 2009 Committee Report: Target Date Retirement Funds: Lack of Clarity Among Structures and Fees Raises Concerns
- 2009 Report to Chairman: Nursing Homes: Opportunities Exist to Facilitate the Use of the Temporary Management Sanction
- 2009 Report to Chairman: Nursing Homes: Some Improvement Seen in Understatement of Serious Deficiencies, but Implications for the Longer-Term Trend Are Unclear
- 2009 Report to Chairman: Medicare and Medicaid Participating Facilities: CMS Needs to Reexamine Its Approach for Funding State Oversight of Health Care Facilities
- 2009 Report to Chairman: Retirement Savings: Automatic Enrollment Shows Promise for Some Workers, but Proposals to Broaden Retirement Savings for Other Workers Could Face Challenges
- 2009 Report to Chairman: 401(k) Plans: Policy Changes Could Reduce the Long-Term Effects of Leakage on Workers' Retirement Savings
- 2009 Report to Chairman: Older Workers: Enhanced Communication among Federal Agencies Could Improve Strategies for Hiring and Retaining Experienced Workers
- 2009 Report to Chairman: Voters with Disabilities: More Polling Places Had No Potential Impediments than in 2000, but Challenges Remain
- 2009 Report to Chairman: Voters with Disabilities: Additional Monitoring of Polling Places Could Further Improve Accessibility
- 2009 Report to Chairman: Elderly Voters: Information on Promising Practices Could Strengthen the Integrity of the Voting Process in Long-term Care Facilities
- 2009 Report to Chairman: Nursing Homes: CMS's Special Focus Facility Methodology Should Better Target the Most Poorly Performing Homes, Which Tended to Be Chain Affiliated and For-Profit
- 2009 Report to Chairman: Social Security: Options to Protect Benefits for Vulnerable Groups When Addressing Program Solvency
- 2010 Committee Report: Social Security Modernization: Options to Address Solvency and Benefit Adequacy
- 2010 Committee Requested OPM Report: Examining Participating in the Federal TSP Program
- 2010 Report to Chairman: Retirement Income: Challenges for Ensuring Income throughout Retirement
- 2010 Report to Chairman: Older Americans: Continuing Care Retirement Communities Can Provide Benefits, but Not Without Some Risk
- 2010 Report to Chairman: Life Insurance Settlements: Regulatory Inconsistencies May Pose a Number of Challenges
- 2010 Report to Chairman: Poorly Performing Nursing Homes: Special Focus Facilities Are Often Improving, but CMS's Program Could Be Strengthened
- 2011 Committee Report: Securities Lending with Cash Collateral Reinvestment in Retirement Plans: Withdrawal Restrictions and Risk Raise Concerns
- 2011 Report to Chairman: Older Americans Act: More Should Be Done to Measure the Extent of Unmet Need for Services
- 2011 Report to Chairman: 401(k) Plans: Certain Investment Options and Practices That May Restrict Withdrawals Not Widely Understood
- 2011 Committee Report: Prescription Drug Prices: Findings from International Comparisons and a Domestic Story
- 2011 Report to Chairman: Retirement Income: Ensuring Income throughout Retirement Requires Difficult Choices
- 2011 Report to Chairman: Elder Justice: Stronger Federal Leadership Could Enhance National Response to Elder Abuse
- 2011 Report to Chairman: Incapacitated Adults: Oversight of Federal Fiduciaries and Court-Appointed Guardians Needs Improvement