[House Document 110-133]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

110th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 110-133


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

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              transmitting

 AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC OF 
     POLAND ON SOCIAL SECURITY, WITH A PRINCIPAL AGREEMENT AND AN 
  ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENT, BOTH SIGNED IN WARSAW ON APRIL 2, 2008, 
                    PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. 433(e)(1)




    July 17, 2008.--Message and accompanying papers 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 Poland on 
Social Security, which consists of two separate instruments: a 
principal agreement and an administrative arrangement. The 
agreement was signed in Warsaw on April 2, 2008.
    The United States-Poland Agreement is similar in objective 
to the social security agreements already in force with 
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, 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-Poland 
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. 
Attached 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 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-Poland Social 
Security Agreement and related documents.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, July 16, 2008.
    
    
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