[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 489 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 489

 To amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue 
   Code of 1986 to provide prospectively that wages earned, and self-
   employment income derived, by individuals who are not citizens or 
nationals of the United States shall not be credited for coverage under 
  the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under such 
   title, and to provide the President with authority to enter into 
 agreements with other nations taking into account such limitation on 
             crediting of wages and self-employment income.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 29, 2003

   Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue 
   Code of 1986 to provide prospectively that wages earned, and self-
   employment income derived, by individuals who are not citizens or 
nationals of the United States shall not be credited for coverage under 
  the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under such 
   title, and to provide the President with authority to enter into 
 agreements with other nations taking into account such limitation on 
             crediting of wages and self-employment income.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security for Americans Only 
Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON COVERAGE OF INDIVIDUALS BASED ON EARNINGS OF 
              INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT CITIZENS OR NATIONALS OF THE 
              UNITED STATES.

    Section 215(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415(e)) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
            (2) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(e)''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) For purposes of subsections (b) and (d), in computing 
        an individual's average indexed monthly earnings, or in the 
        case of an individual whose primary insurance amount is 
        computed under section 215(a) as in effect prior to January 
        1979, average monthly wage, such individual shall not be 
        credited with--
                    ``(A) any wages paid to such individual after 
                December 31, 2003, while such individual is not a 
                citizen or national of the United States, or
                    ``(B) any self-employment income derived by such 
                individual during any taxable year beginning after 
                December 31, 2003, while such individual is not a 
                citizen or national of the United States. ''.

SEC. 3. REVISION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR TOTALIZATION AGREEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 233 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
433) is amended to read as follows:

                       ``international agreements

    ``Sec. 233. The President is authorized to enter into agreements 
(subject to the other provisions of this title and of chapters 2 and 21 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) establishing arrangements between 
the United States and any foreign country for the purpose of resolving 
questions of entitlement to, and participation in, the social security 
system established by this title and the social security system of such 
foreign country. Any such agreement shall take into account the 
limitations on the crediting of wages and self-employment income under 
section 215(e)(2). ''.
    (b) Effective Date; Termination of Existing Agreements.--The 
amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to agreements 
taking effect after the date of the enactment of this Act. Any 
agreement in effect on such date which was entered into under section 
233 of the Social Security Act (as in effect immediately before such 
date of enactment) shall terminate on December 31, 2003 (or as provided 
in such agreement, if earlier).
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