1.Consideration of
International Social Security Agreements
(a)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)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)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.