    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2008, Book I)]
    [February 28, 2008]
    [Pages 298-299]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Transmitting the Denmark-United States Social
    Security Agreement
    February 28, 2008

    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)), I transmit herewith the Agreement Between the United States
    of America and the Kingdom of Denmark on Social Security, which consists
    of two separate instruments: a principal agreement and an administrative
    arrangement. The agreement was signed at Copenhagen on June 13, 2007.
        The United States-Denmark Agreement is similar in objective to the
    social security agreements already in force with Australia, Austria,
    Belgium, Canada, Chile, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland,
    Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal,
    Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

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    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-Denmark 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).
        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. Attached to this report is the report required by section
    233(e)(1) of the Social Security Act, which describes 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.
        I commend to the Congress the United States-Denmark Social Security
    Agreement and related documents.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     February 28, 2008.