[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 125 (Thursday, June 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 33570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16403]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Supplementary Agreement on Social Security Between the United 
States and Germany; Entry Into Force

    The Commissioner of Social Security gives notice that a 
supplementary agreement entered into force on May 1, 1996, which amends 
the Social Security agreement between the United States (U.S.) and 
Germany that has been in effect since December 1, 1979. The 
supplementary agreement, which was signed on March 6, 1995, was 
concluded pursuant to section 233 of the Social Security Act.
    The supplementary agreement updates and clarifies several 
provisions in the original U.S.-German Social Security agreement. Its 
primary purpose, however, is to permit the payment of German benefits 
to certain ethnic German Jews who migrated to the U.S. from parts of 
Eastern Europe that were overrun by the Nazis. People who qualify will 
receive monthly Social Security benefits from Germany based on the time 
they spent working in their former homelands, even though they may 
never have worked in Germany.
    Individuals who wish to obtain copies of the supplementary 
agreement or want general information about its provisions may write to 
the Social Security Administration, Office of International Policy, 
Post Office Box 17741, Baltimore, Maryland 21235. Individuals who wish 
to obtain information about the provisions affecting ethnic German Jews 
from Eastern Europe should contact the nearest German consulate.

    Dated: June 10, 1996.
Shirley S. Chater,
Commissioner of Social Security.
[FR Doc. 96-16403 Filed 6-26-96; 8:45 am]
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