[House Document 108-38]
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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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