[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 61290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21348]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No. SSA-2016-0037]


Agreement on Social Security Between the United States and 
Hungary; Entry into Force

AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA)

ACTION: Notice

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SUMMARY: We are giving notice that an agreement coordinating the United 
States (U.S.) and Hungarian social security programs will enter into 
force on September 1, 2016. The agreement with Hungary, which was 
signed on February 3, 2015, is similar to U.S. social security 
agreements already in force with 25 other countries--Australia, 
Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, 
France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea (South), 
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak 
Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Section 
233 of the Social Security Act authorizes agreements of this type.
    Like the other agreements, the U.S.-Hungarian agreement eliminates 
dual social security coverage. This situation exists when a worker from 
one country works in the other country and has coverage under the 
social security systems of both countries for the same work. When dual 
coverage occurs, the worker, the worker's employer, or both may be 
required to pay social security contributions to the two countries 
simultaneously without such agreements in force. Under the U.S.-
Hungarian agreement, a worker who is sent by an employer in one country 
to work in the other country for five or fewer years remains covered 
only by the sending country. The agreement includes additional rules 
that eliminate dual U.S. and Hungarian coverage in other work 
situations.
    The agreement also helps eliminate situations where workers suffer 
a loss of benefit rights because they have divided their careers 
between the two countries. Under the agreement, workers may qualify for 
partial U.S. benefits or partial Hungarian benefits based on combined 
(totalized) work credits from both countries.
    Persons who wish to obtain copies of the agreement or want more 
information about its provisions may write to the Social Security 
Administration, Office of International Programs, Post Office Box 
17741, Baltimore, MD 21235-7741 or visit the Social Security Web site 
at www.socialsecurity.gov/international.

Carolyn Colvin,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security.
[FR Doc. 2016-21348 Filed 9-2-16; 8:45 am]
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