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110th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 110–133 

AN AGREEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY BETWEEN 

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

AND THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND ON SOCIAL SECURITY, WITH 

A PRINCIPAL AGREEMENT AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENT, BOTH SIGNED IN WARSAW ON APRIL 2, 2008, PURSUANT 

TO 42 U.S.C. 433(e)(1) 

JULY 17, 2008.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed 


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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 Poland on Social Security, which consists of two separate instruments: a principal agreement and an administrative arrangement. The agreement was 

signed in Warsaw on April 2, 2008. 

The United States-Poland Agreement is similar in objective to 

the social security agreements already in force with Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, 

Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, 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 lost benefit protection that can occur when workers divide their careers between two countries. The United States-Poland 

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, 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. 

I commend to the Congress the United States-Poland Social Security Agreement and related documents. 

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, July 16, 2008. 


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