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99–011 2002

107th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 107–234

SECOND PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS ON SOCIAL SECURITY

MESSAGE

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TRANSMITTING

AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

AND THE NETHERLANDS ON SOCIAL SECURITY, PURSUANT TO

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

JUNE 26, 2002.—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 Second Protocol to the Agreement Between the United States of America and

the Netherlands on Social Security (the ‘‘Second Protocol’’). The

Second Protocol was signed at The Hague on August 30, 2001, and

is intended to modify certain provisions of the original U.S.-Netherlands Agreement, signed December 9, 1987, as amended by the

Protocol of December 7, 1989 (the ‘‘U.S.-Netherlands Agreement’’).

The U.S.-Netherlands Agreement as amended by the Second Protocol is similar in objective to the social security agreements that

are also in force with Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Finland,

France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, 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 loss of benefits that can occur when workers divide

their careers between two countries. The U.S.-Netherlands Agreement as amended by the Second Protocol 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 Second Protocol with a paragraph-by-paragraph explanation of the provisions of the Second Protocol (Annex A). Also 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 Second Protocol

on income and expenditures of the U.S. Social Security program

and the number of individuals affected by the Second Protocol

(Annex B), and a composite text of the U.S.-Netherlands Agreement showing the changes that will be made as a result of the Second Protocol. The Department of State and the Social Security Administration have recommended the Second Protocol and related

documents to me.

I commend the Second Protocol to the United States-Netherlands

Social Security Agreement and related documents.

GEORGE W. BUSH.

THE WHITE HOUSE, June 25, 2002.

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