United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, July 18, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1002-1003

Author: George W. Bush  | Date: July 16, 2008

Message to the Congress Transmitting the Poland-United States Social Security Agreement,
July 16, 2008

To the Congress of the United States:

Pursuant to section 233(e)(1) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Social Security Amendments of 1977 (Public Law 95-216, 42 U.S.C. 433(e)(1)), I transmit herewith the Agreement Between the United States of America and Poland on Social Security, which consists of two separate instruments: a principal agreement and an administrative arrangement. The agreement was signed in Warsaw on April 2, 2008.

The United States-Poland Agreement is similar in objective to the social security agreements already in force with Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Such bilateral agreements provide for limited coordination between the United States and foreign social security systems to eliminate dual social security coverage and taxation, and to help prevent the lost benefit protection that can occur when workers divide their careers between two countries. The United States-Poland Agreement contains all provisions mandated by section 233 and other provisions that I deem appropriate to carry out the purposes of section 233, pursuant to section 233(c)(4).

I also transmit for the information of the Congress a report prepared by the Social Security Administration explaining the key points of the Agreement, along with a paragraph-by-paragraph explanation of the provisions of the principal agreement and the related administrative arrangement. Attached to this report is the report required by section 233(e)(1) of the Social Security Act, a report on the effect of the Agreement on income and expenditures of the U.S. Social Security program and the number of individuals affected by the Agreement. The Department of State and the Social Security Administration have recommended the Agreement and related documents to me.

I commend to the Congress the United States-Poland Social Security Agreement and related documents.

George W. Bush

The White House,
July 16, 2008.

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Chicago: George W. Bush, United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, July 18, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1002-1003 in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, July 18, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1002-1003 Original Sources, accessed May 19, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=FSWN3H1NVR7BMKC.

MLA: Bush, George W. United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, July 18, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1002-1003, in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, July 18, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:1002-1003, Original Sources. 19 May. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=FSWN3H1NVR7BMKC.

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