[House Document 107-234]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



107th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 107-234 


 
SECOND PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
         AND THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS ON SOCIAL SECURITY

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE NETHERLANDS 
          ON SOCIAL SECURITY, PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. 433(e)(1)




    June 26, 2002.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed
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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
99-011                    WASHINGTON : 2002

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 
Second Protocol to the Agreement Between the United States of 
America and the Netherlands on Social Security (the ``Second 
Protocol''). The Second Protocol was signed at The Hague on 
August 30, 2001, and is intended to modify certain provisions 
of the original U.S.-Netherlands Agreement, signed December 9, 
1987, as amended by the Protocol of December 7, 1989 (the 
``U.S.-Netherlands Agreement'').
    The U.S.-Netherlands Agreement as amended by the Second 
Protocol is similar in objective to the social security 
agreements that are also in force with Austria, Belgium, 
Canada, Chile, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, 
Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, 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 loss of 
benefits that can occur when workers divide their careers 
between two countries. The U.S.-Netherlands Agreement as 
amended by the Second Protocol 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 Second Protocol with a 
paragraph-by-paragraph explanation of the provisions of the 
Second Protocol (Annex A). Also annexed to this report is the 
report required by section 233(e)(1) of the Social Security 
Act, a report on the effect of the Second Protocol on income 
and expenditures of the U.S. Social Security program and the 
number of individuals affected by the Second Protocol (Annex 
B), and a composite text of the U.S.-Netherlands Agreement 
showing the changes that will be made as a result of the Second 
Protocol. The Department of State and the Social Security 
Administration have recommended the Second Protocol and related 
documents to me.
    I commend the Second Protocol to the United States-
Netherlands Social Security Agreement and related documents.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, June 25, 2002.
    
    
                                  
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