[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 47 (Monday, March 19, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H1678]
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 ORIENTAL REPUBLIC OF URUGUAY--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
                  UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 115-102)

  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 Uruguay, titled ``Agreement on Social Security between 
the United States of America and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,'' 
and the accompanying legally binding administrative arrangement, titled 
``Administrative Arrangement between the Competent Authorities of the 
United States of America and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay for the 
Implementation of the Agreement on Social Security between the United 
States of America and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay'' (collectively 
the ``Agreements''). The Agreements were signed at Montevideo, Uruguay, 
on January 10, 2017.
  The Agreements are similar in objective and content to the social 
security totalization 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, 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 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 the Oriental Republic of Uruguay and 
the Administrative Arrangement between the United States of America and 
the Oriental Republic of Uruguay for the Implementation of the 
Agreement on Social Security between the United States of America and 
the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
                                                     Donald J. Trump.  
The White House, March 19, 2018.

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