    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (2000, Book I)]
    [May 22, 2000]
    [Page 1002]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Transmitting the Chile-United States
    Social Security Agreement With Documentation
    May 22, 2000

    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)) (the ``Act''), I transmit herewith the Agreement Between the
    United States of America and the Republic of Chile on Social Security,
    which consists of two separate instruments: a principal agreement and an
    administrative arrangement. The Agreement was signed at Santiago on
    February 16, 2000.
        The United States-Chilean Agreement is similar in objective to the
    social security agreements already in force between the United States
    and Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland,
    Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
    Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. 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 loss of benefit protection that can
    occur when workers divide their careers between two countries. The
    United States-Chilean Agreement contains all provisions mandated by
    section 233 and other provisions that I deem appropriate to carry out
    the purposes of section 233, pursuant to section 233(c)(4) of the Act.
        I also transmit for the information of the Congress a report
    prepared by the Social Security Administration explaining the key points
    of the Agreement, along with a paragraph-by-paragraph explanation of the
    provisions of the principal agreement and the related administrative
    arrangement. Annexed to this report is the report required by section
    233(e)(1) of the Social Security Act, a report on the effect of the
    Agreement on income and expenditures of the U.S. Social Security program
    and the number of individuals affected by the Agreement. The Department
    of State and the Social Security Administration have recommended the
    Agreement and related documents to me.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,

    May 22, 2000.