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114th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 114–64 

SOCIAL SECURITY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE 

UNITED STATES AND THE CZECH RUPUBLIC 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

A SUPPLEMENTARY AGREEMENT AMENDING THE AGREEMENT ON 

SOCIAL SECURITY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC SIGNED AT PRAGUE ON SEPTEMBER 

23, 2013, PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. 433(e)(1); SSA, SEC. 233(e)(1) 

OCTOBER 6, 2015.—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 Supplementary Agreement Amending the Agreement on Social Security 

between the United States of America and the Czech Republic (the 

‘‘Supplementary Agreement’’). The Supplementary Agreement, 

signed at Prague on September 23, 2013, is intended to modify a 

certain provision of the Agreement on Social Security between the 

United States of America and the Czech Republic, with Administrative Arrangement, signed at Prague on September 7, 2007, and 

entered into force January 1, 2009 (the ‘‘U.S.-Czech Social Security 

Agreement’’). 

The U.S.-Czech Social Security Agreement as amended by the 

Supplementary Agreement is similar in objective to the social security agreements already in force with most European Union countries, Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, Norway, and the Republic 

of Korea. 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 Supplementary Agreement amends the U.S.-Czech Social Security Agreement to account for a new Czech domestic health insurance law, which was enacted subsequent to the signing of the 

U.S.-Czech Social Security Agreement in 2007. By including the 

health insurance law within the scope of the U.S.-Czech Social Security Agreement, this amendment will exempt U.S. citizen workers and multinational companies from contributing to the Czech 

health insurance system, when such workers otherwise meet all of 

the ordinary criteria for such an exemption. 

The U.S.-Czech Social Security Agreement, as amended, will continue to contain all provisions mandated by section 233 of the Social Security Act and other provisions that I deem appropriate to 

carry out the purposes of section 233, pursuant to section 233(c)(4) 

of the Social Security Act. 

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 Supplementary Agreement and its estimated cost effect. The Department 

of State and the Social Security Administration have recommended 

the Supplementary Agreement and related documents to me. 

I commend the Supplementary Agreement to the U.S.-Czech Social Security Agreement and related documents. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, October 6, 2015. 


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