U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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96–920 2004

108th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 108–234 

AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF 

AMERICA AND JAPAN ON SOCIAL SECURITY 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

AND JAPAN ON SOCIAL SECURITY, WITH A PRINCIPAL AGREEMENT AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENT, BOTH SIGNED 

AT WASHINGTON ON FEBRUARY 19, 2004, PURSUANT TO 42 

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

NOVEMBER 18, 2004.—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 Japan on Social Security, which consists of two separate instruments: a principal agreement and an administrative arrangement. The Agreement was 

signed at Washington on February 19, 2004. 

The United States-Japan 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, 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-Japan Agreement contains all provisions mandated by section 233 and other provisions 

which 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. 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 expenditure of 

the United States Social Security program and the number of individuals affect 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-Japan Social Security Agreement and related documents.

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, November 17, 2004. 

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