[House Document 110-110]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



110th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 110-110


 
    AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE CZECH 
                      REPUBLIC ON SOCIAL SECURITY

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

    AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE CZECH 
    REPUBLIC ON SOCIAL SECURITY, WITH A PRINCIPAL AGREEMENT AND AN 
ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENT, BOTH SIGNED IN PRAGUE ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2007, 
                    PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. 433(e)(1)




 May 8, 2008.--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 Czech 
Republic on Social Security, which consists of two separate 
instruments: a principal agreement and an administrative 
arrangement. The Agreement was signed in Prague on September 7, 
2007.
    The United States-Czech Republic Agreement is similar in 
objective to the social security agreements already in force 
with Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Finland, 
France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, 
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, 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 lost 
benefit protection that can occur when workers divide their 
careers between two countries. The United States-Czech Republic 
Agreement 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 Agreement, along with a 
paragraph-by-paragraph explanation of the provisions of the 
principal agreement and the related administrative arrangement. 
Annexed to this report is the report required by section 
233(e)(1) of the Social Security Act, which describes the 
effect of the Agreement on income and expenditures of the U.S. 
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 to the Congress the United States-Czech Republic 
Social Security Agreement and related documents.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, May 7, 2008.

    
    
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