[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 141 (Wednesday, July 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 42867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17283]



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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No. SSA-2014-0038]


Finding Regarding Foreign Social Insurance or Pension System--
Slovenia

AGENCY: Social Security Administration.

ACTION: Notice of Finding Regarding Foreign Social Insurance or Pension 
System--Slovenia.

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    Finding: Section 202(t)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
402(t)(1)) prohibits payment of monthly benefits to any individual who 
is not a United States citizen or national for any month after he or 
she has been outside the United States for 6 consecutive months. This 
prohibition does not apply to such an individual where one of the 
exceptions described in section 202(t)(2) through 202(t)(5) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(t)(2) through 402(t)(5)) affects his 
or her case.
    Section 202(t)(2) of the Social Security Act provides that, subject 
to certain residency requirements of Section 202(t)(11), the 
prohibition against payment shall not apply to any individual who is a 
citizen of a country which the Commissioner of Social Security finds 
has in effect a social insurance or pension system which is of general 
application in such country and which:
    (a) Pays periodic benefits, or the actuarial equivalent thereof, on 
account of old age, retirement, or death; and
    (b) permits individuals who are United States citizens but not 
citizens of that country and who qualify for such benefits to receive 
those benefits, or the actuarial equivalent thereof, while outside the 
foreign country regardless of the duration of the absence.
    The Commissioner of Social Security has delegated the authority to 
make such a finding to the Associate Commissioner of the Office of 
International Programs. Under that authority, the Associate 
Commissioner of the Office of International Programs approved a finding 
that Slovenia, beginning April 1, 1992, has a social insurance system 
of general application which:
    (a) Pays periodic benefits, or the actuarial equivalent thereof, on 
account of old age, retirement, or death; and
    (b) permits United States citizens who are not citizens of Slovenia 
to receive such benefits, or their actuarial equivalent, at the full 
rate without qualification or restriction while outside Slovenia.
    Accordingly, notice is given that it has been determined and found 
that Slovenia has in effect, beginning April 1, 1992, a social 
insurance system which meets the requirements of section 202(t)(2) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(t)(2)).
    This determination is our first finding under section 202(t) of the 
Social Security Act for Slovenia. On April 1, 1992, the United States 
recognized Slovenia as an independent nation. Before that time, it was 
considered to be part of former Yugoslavia which, on March 25, 1959, 
had been determined to have a system that met section 202(t)(2) of the 
Social Security Act. The system remained in force in Slovenia until the 
Law on Pension and Disability Insurance went into effect on April 1, 
1992. Thus, prior to that date Slovenian citizens were afforded the 
social insurance exception to the alien nonpayment provision based on 
the Yugoslavian system which was then in effect.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna L. Powers, 3700 Robert Ball 
Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401, (410) 965-
3558.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: Program Nos. 96.001 Social 
Security--Disability Insurance; 96.00S Social Security--Retirement 
Insurance; 96-004 Social Security--Survivors Insurance).

    Dated: July 16, 2014.
Vance Teel,
Associate Commissioner Office of International Programs.
[FR Doc. 2014-17283 Filed 7-22-14; 8:45 am]
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