[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 177 (Thursday, December 8, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H7564]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 AGREEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND 
 THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
                  UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 114-186)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the 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 a social security totalization 
agreement with Brazil, titled ``Agreement on Social Security between 
the United States of America and the Federative Republic of Brazil,'' 
and a related agreement titled ``Administrative Arrangement between the 
Competent Authorities of the United States of America and the 
Federative Republic of Brazil for the Implementation of the Agreement 
on Social Security'' (collectively the ``Agreements''). The Agreements 
were signed in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2015.
  The Agreements are similar in objective to the social security 
agreements already in force with most European Union countries, 
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 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 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 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. The Department of State and the 
Social Security Administration have recommended the Agreements to me.
  I commend the Agreement on Social Security between the United States 
of America and the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Administrative 
Arrangement between the Competent Authorities of the United States of 
America and the Federative Republic of Brazil for the Implementation of 
the Agreement on Social Security.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, December 8, 2016.

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