[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1666 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1666

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to improve the process for 
     congressional consideration of international social security 
                              agreements.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 20, 2007

  Mr. Baucus (for himself and Mr. Grassley) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to improve the process for 
     congressional consideration of international social security 
                              agreements.

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

SECTION 1. CONSIDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY AGREEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 233(e) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 433(e)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``effective'' the first 
        place it appears and all that follows through the period and 
        inserting ``effective--
            ``(A) if, and only if, an approval resolution regarding 
        such agreement has passed both Houses of Congress and has been 
        enacted into law in accordance with paragraph (3); and
            ``(B) on any date, provided in the agreement, that occurs 
        after the enactment of such an approval resolution.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3)(A) For purposes of paragraph (2), the term `approval 
resolution' means a joint resolution, the matter after the resolving 
clause of which is as follows: `That the proposed agreement entered 
into pursuant to section 233 of the Social Security Act between the 
United States and _______ establishing an international social security 
agreement with respect to the social security system established by 
title II of such Act and the social security system of _______, 
transmitted to Congress by the President on ______, is hereby 
approved.', the first 2 blanks therein being filled with the name of 
the country with which the United States entered into the agreement, 
and the 3rd blank therein being filled with the date of the transmittal 
of the agreement to Congress.
    ``(B) Whenever a document setting forth an agreement entered into 
under this section and the report required under paragraph (1) is 
transmitted to Congress, copies of such document and report shall be 
delivered to both Houses of Congress on the same day and shall be 
delivered to the Clerk of the House of Representatives if the House is 
not in session and to the Secretary of the Senate if the Senate is not 
in session.
    ``(C) On the day on which such document and report are transmitted 
to the House of Representatives and the Senate, an approval resolution 
with respect to such agreement shall be introduced (by request) in the 
House by the majority leader of the House, for himself or herself and 
the minority leader of the House, or by Members of the House designated 
by the majority leader and minority leader of the House; and shall be 
introduced (by request) in the Senate by the majority leader of the 
Senate, for himself or herself and the minority leader of the Senate, 
or by Members of the Senate designated by the majority leader and 
minority leader of the Senate. If either House is not in session on the 
day on which such an agreement is transmitted, the approval resolution 
with respect to such agreement shall be introduced in that House, as 
provided in the preceding sentence, on the first day thereafter on 
which that House is in session. The resolution introduced in the House 
of Representatives shall be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
and the resolution introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the 
Committee on Finance.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The heading for section 233(e) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 433(e)) is amended by inserting ``Process for 
Approval;'' after ``Reports to Congress;''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section apply to 
international social security agreements described in section 233 of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 433) that first take effect after 
January 1, 2007.
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