    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (2000, Book I)]
    [May 22, 2000]
    [Pages 1002-1003]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Transmitting the South Korea-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 Korea on Social Security,
    which consists of two separate instruments: a principal agreement and an
    administrative arrangement. The Agreement was signed at Washington on
    March 13, 2000.
        The United States-Korean Agreement is similar in objective to the
    social security agreements already in force with 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

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    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-Korean 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.