U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 

1 

79–011 2018

115th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 115–127 

AGREEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY BETWEEN THE 

UNITED STATES AND ICELAND 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

A SOCIAL SECURITY TOTALIZATION AGREEMENT WITH ICELAND, 

PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. 433(e)(1); AUG. 14, 1935, CH. 531, TITLE 

II, SEC. 233(e)(1) (AS AMENDED BY PUBLIC LAW 95–216, SEC. 

317(a)); (91 STAT. 1539) 

MAY 18, 2018.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSE:\Seals\Congress.#13

SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTS
(1) 

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 a social security 

totalization agreement with Iceland, titled ‘‘Agreement on Social 

Security between the United States of America and Iceland’’ and 

the accompanying legally binding administrative arrangement, titled ‘‘Administrative Arrangement between the Competent Authorities of the United States of America and Iceland for the Implementation of the Agreement on Social Security between the United 

States of America and Iceland’’ (collectively the ‘‘Agreements’’). The 

Agreements were signed at Reykjavik, Iceland, on September 27, 

2016. 

The Agreements are similar in objective and content to the social 

security totalization agreements already in force with other leading 

economic partners in Europe and elsewhere, including Australia, 

Canada, Chile, Japan, Norway, the Republic of Korea, and Switzerland. 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 Agreements contain all provisions mandated by section 233 

of the Social Security Act and, pursuant to section 233(c)(4), other 

provisions which I deem appropriate to carry out the purposes of 

section 233. 

I also transmit for the information of the Congress a report required by section 233(e)(1) of the Social Security Act on the estimated number of individuals who will be affected by the Agreements and the Agreements’ estimated cost effect. Also included are 

a summary of the main provisions of the Agreements and an annotated version of the Agreements with descriptions of each article. 

The Department of State and the Social Security Administration 

concluded that these Agreements are in the national interest of the 

United States. 

I commend to the Congress the Agreement on Social Security between the United States of America and Iceland and the Administrative Arrangement between the Competent Authorities of the 

United States of America and Iceland for the Implementation of 

the Agreement on Social Security between the United States of 

America and Iceland. 

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, May 17, 2018. 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTS
2 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 4 here HD127.001
3 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 5 here HD127.002
4 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 6 here HD127.003
5 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 7 here HD127.004
6 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 8 here HD127.005
7 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 9 here HD127.006
8 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 10 here HD127.007
9 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 11 here HD127.008
10 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 12 here HD127.009
11 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 13 here HD127.010
12 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 14 here HD127.011
13 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 15 here HD127.012
14 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 16 here HD127.013
15 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 17 here HD127.014
16 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 18 here HD127.015
17 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 19 here HD127.016
18 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 20 here HD127.017
19 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 21 here HD127.018
20 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 22 here HD127.019
21 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 23 here HD127.020
22 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 24 here HD127.021
23 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 25 here HD127.022
24 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 26 here HD127.023
25 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 27 here HD127.024
26 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 28 here HD127.025
27 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 29 here HD127.026
28 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 30 here HD127.027
29 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 31 here HD127.028
30 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 32 here HD127.029
31 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 33 here HD127.030
32 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 34 here HD127.031
33 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 35 here HD127.032
34 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 36 here HD127.033
35 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 37 here HD127.034
36 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 38 here HD127.035
37 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 39 here HD127.036
38 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 40 here HD127.037
39 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 41 here HD127.038
40 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 42 here HD127.039
41 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 43 here HD127.040
42 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 44 here HD127.041
43 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 45 here HD127.042
44 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 46 here HD127.043
45 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 47 here HD127.044
46 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 48 here HD127.045
47 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 49 here HD127.046
48 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 50 here HD127.047
49 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 51 here HD127.048
50 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 52 here HD127.049
51 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 53 here HD127.050
52 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 54 here HD127.051
53 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 55 here HD127.052
54 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 56 here HD127.053
55 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 57 here HD127.054
56 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 58 here HD127.055
57 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 59 here HD127.056
58 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 60 here HD127.057
59 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 61 here HD127.058
60 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 62 here HD127.059
61 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 63 here HD127.060
62 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 64 here HD127.061
63 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 65 here HD127.062
64 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 66 here HD127.063
65 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 67 here HD127.064
66 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 68 here HD127.065
67 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 69 here HD127.066
68 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 70 here HD127.067
69 


SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTSInsert offset folio 71 here HD127.068