[House Document 113-62]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



113th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 113-62


 
 AGREEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SLOVAK 
                                REPUBLIC

                               __________

                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

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




 September 18, 2013.--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)) (the ``Social Security Act''), 
I transmit herewith an Agreement on Social Security between the 
United States of America and the Slovak Republic (the ``United 
States-Slovak Republic Totalization Agreement''). The Agreement 
consists of two separate instruments: a principal agreement and 
an administrative arrangement. The Agreement was signed in 
Bratislava on December 10, 2012.
    The United States-Slovak Republic Totalization Agreement is 
similar in objective to the social security totalization 
agreements already in force with most European Union countries, 
Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, Norway, and the Republic of 
Korea. 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-Slovak Republic Totalization 
Agreement contains all provisions mandated by section 233 of 
the Social Security Act and other provisions that I deem 
appropriate to carry out the purposes of section 233, pursuant 
to section 233(c)(4) of the Social Security Act.
    I also transmit for the information of the Congress a 
report prepared by the Social Security Administration 
explaining the key points of the United States-Slovak Republic 
Totalization Agreement, along with a paragraph-by-paragraph 
explanation of the provisions of the principal agreement and 
administrative arrangement. Annexed to this report is another 
report required by section 233(e)(1) of the Social Security Act 
on the effect of the United States-Slovak Republic Totalization 
Agreement on income and expenditures of the U.S. Social 
Security program and the number of individuals affected by the 
United States-Slovak Republic Totalization Agreement.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, September 17, 2013.

    
    
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