The Academy's 2009 letter to Congress that included an actuarial analysis of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act by a joint Academy/Society of Actuaries work group was cited by U.S. House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health Chairman Joe Pitts, and Reps. Charles Boustany and Phil Gingrey during a hearing held by two congressional subcommittees on the CLASS program.