[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.