[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 26, 1994)]
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REPORT ON THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREECE ON SOCIAL 
              SECURITY--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 79

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report, which was referred to the Committee on Finance:

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 
and Greece on Social Security, which consists of two separate 
instruments: a principal agreement and an administrative arrangement. 
The Agreement was signed at Athens on June 22, 1993.
  The United States-Greece agreement contains all provisions mandated 
by section 233 and other provisions which I deem appropriate to carry 
out the provisions of section 233, pursuant to section 233(c)(4). It is 
similar in objective to the social security agreements already in force 
with Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, 
Italy, 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 loss of benefit protection that can 
occur when workers divide their careers between two countries.
  I also transmit for the information of the Congress a report prepared 
by the Department of Health and Human Services 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 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 Department of Health and 
Human Services have recommended the Agreement and related documents to 
me.
  I commend the United States-Greece Social Security Agreement and 
related documents.
                                                    William J. Clinton.
  The White House, January 26, 1994.

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