    [House Document 108-38]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

    108th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 108-38

     AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE KINGDOM OF
                                  NORWAY ON
                                SOCIAL SECURITY

                                   __________

                                 COMMUNICATION

                                      from

                       THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                                  transmitting

     AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE KINGDOM OF
      NORWAY ON SOCIAL SECURITY, WITH A RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE AGREEMENT,
     BOTH SIGNED AT OSLO ON NOVEMBER ON NOVEMBER 30, 2001, PURSUANT TO 42
                                U.S.C. 433(e)(1)

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      February 11, 2003.--Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and
                             ordered to be printed
    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 the Kingdom
    of Norway on Social Security, with a related administrative
    agreement, both signed at Oslo on November 30, 2001. This
    revised Agreement is intended to modify certain provisions of
    the original United States and Norwegian Agreement, which was
    signed in Washington on January 13, 1983, and, upon its entry
    into force, will replace the 1983 Agreement.
        The revised United States-Norwegian Agreement is similar in
    objective to the other social security agreements already in
    force with Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Finland, France,
    Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, The
    Netherlands, 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 revised United States-Norwegian Agreement
    contains all provisions mandated by section 233 and other
    provisions, which 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 administrative agreement. 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
    Agreement on income and expenditures of the United States
    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 the United States-Norwegian Social Security
    Agreement and related documents.

                                                        George W. Bush.
        The White House, February 5, 2003.

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