[House Document 115-125]
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115th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 115-125
 
AGREEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE REPUBLIC 
                              OF SLOVENIA

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

A SOCIAL SECURITY TOTALIZATION AGREEMENT WITH SLOVENIA, PURSUANT TO 42 
U.S.C. 433(e)(1); AUG. 14, 1935, CH. 531, TITLE II, SEC. 233(e)(1) (AS 
      AMENDED BY PUBLIC LAW 95-216, SEC. 317(a)); (91 STAT. 1539)

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    May 17, 2018.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed
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                         U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

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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 a social 
security totalization agreement with Slovenia, titled 
``Agreement on Social Security between the United States of 
America and the Republic of Slovenia'' and the accompanying 
legally binding administrative arrangement, titled 
``Administrative Arrangement between the United States of 
America and the Republic of Slovenia for the Implementation of 
the Agreement on Social Security between the United States of 
America and the Republic of Slovenia'' (collectively the 
``Agreements''). The Agreements were signed in Ljubljana, 
Slovenia, on January 17, 2017.
    The Agreements are similar in objective and content to the 
social security totalization agreements already in force with 
other leading economic partners in Europe and elsewhere, 
including Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, Norway, the Republic 
of Korea, and Switzerland. 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 loss of benefit 
protection that can occur when workers divide their careers 
between two countries.
    The Agreements contain all provisions mandated by section 
233 of the Social Security Act and, pursuant to section 
233(c)(4), other provisions which I deem appropriate to carry 
out the purposes of section 233.
    I also transmit for the information of the Congress a 
report required by section 233(e)(1) of the Social Security Act 
on the estimated number of individuals who will be affected by 
the Agreements and the Agreements' estimated cost effect. Also 
included are a summary of the main provisions of the Agreements 
and an annotated version of the Agreements with descriptions of 
each article. The Department of State and the Social Security 
Administration concluded that these Agreements are in the 
national interest of the United States.
    I commend to the Congress the Agreement on Social Security 
between the United States of America and the Republic of 
Slovenia and the Administrative Arrangement between the United 
States of America and the Republic of Slovenia for the 
Implementation of the Agreement on Social Security between the 
United States of America and the Republic of Slovenia.
                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, May 17, 2018.
    
    
    
    
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