[House Document 118-166]
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118th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-166 


 
   AGREEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ROMANIA

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                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
                   
                   
                              transmitting

 A SOCIAL SECURITY TOTALIZATION AGREEMENT WITH ROMANIA, 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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 September 12, 2024.--Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and 
                         ordered to be printed  
                         
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                                           The White House,
                                    Washington, September 12, 2024.
Hon. Mike Johnson,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: 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 
Romania, titled ``Agreement on Social Security between the 
United States of America and Romania,'' and the accompanying 
legally binding administrative arrangement, titled 
``Administrative Arrangement between the Competent Authorities 
of the United States of America and Romania for the 
Implementation of the Agreement on Social Security between the 
United States of America and Romania'' (collectively the 
``Agreements''). The Agreements were signed at Bucharest on 
March 23, 2023.
    The Agreements are similar in objective and content to the 
social security totalization agreements already in force with 
30 countries. 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 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 
and prepared by the Social Security Administration 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 and an annotated 
version of the Agreements with descriptions of each article. 
The Department of State and the Social Security Administration 
have recommended the Agreements to me.
    I commend to the Congress the Agreement on Social Security 
between the United States of America and Romania and the 
Administrative Arrangement between the Competent Authorities of 
the United States of America and Romania for the Implementation 
of the Agreement on Social Security between the United States 
of America and Romania.
            Sincerely,
                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.




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