,,ii #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #gfg ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,april #ah1 #bjac ,mr4 ,barrasso 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,enzi1 ,mr4 ,inhofe1 and ,mr4 ,roberts7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,finance ,a ,,bill ,to amend title ,,ii of the ,social ,security ,act to provide for ,congressional oversight and approval of totalization agreements4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,social ,security ,totalization ,agreement ,reform ,act of #bjac4 #b4 ,transmittal and ,approval of ,totalization ,agreements 7a7 ,in general ,section #bcc7;e7 of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcc7;e77 is amended to read as follows3 7e7 7#a7 ,any agreement to establish a totalization arrangement which is entered into with another country under this section shall enter into force with respect to the ,united ,states if 7and only if7-- 7,a7 the ,president1 at least #ij calendar days before the date on which the ,president enters into the agreement1 notifies each ,house of ,congress of the ,president's intention to enter into the agreement1 and promptly thereafter publishes notice of such intention in the ,federal ,register1 7,b7 the ,president transmits the text of such agreement to each ,house of ,congress as provided in paragraph 7#b71 and 7,c7 an approval resolution regarding such agreement has passed both ,houses of ,congress and has been enacted into law4 7#b7 7,a7 ,whenever an agreement referred to in paragraph 7#a7 is entered into1 the ,president shall transmit to each ,house of ,congress a document setting forth the final legal text of such agreement and including a report by the ,president in support of such agreement4 ,the ,president's report shall include the following3 7i7 ,an estimate by the ,chief ,actuary of the ,social ,security ,administration of the effect of the agreement1 in the short term and in the long term1 on the receipts and disbursements under the ,social ,security system established by this title4 7ii7 ,a statement of any administrative action proposed to implement the agreement and how such action will change or affect existing law4 7iii7 ,a statement describing whether and how the agreement changes provisions of an agreement previously negotiated4 7iv7 ,a statement describing how and to what extent the agreement makes progress in achieving the purposes1 policies1 and objectives of this title4 7v7 ,an estimate by the ,chief ,actuary of the ,social ,security ,administration1 working in consultation with the ,comptroller ,general of the ,united ,states1 of the number of individuals who may become eligible for any benefits under this title or who may otherwise be affected by the agreement4 7vi7 ,an assessment of the integrity of the retirement data and records 7including birth1 death1 and marriage records7 of the other country that is the subject of the agreement4 7vii7 ,an assessment of the ability of such country to track and monitor recipients of benefits under such agreement4 7,b7 ,if any separate agreement or other understanding with another country 7whether oral or in writing7 relating to an agreement to establish a totalization arrangement under this section is not disclosed to ,congress in the transmittal to ,congress under this paragraph of the agreement to establish a totalization arrangement1 then such separate agreement or understanding shall not be considered to be part of the agreement approved by ,congress under this section and shall have no force and effect under ,united ,states law4 7#c7 ,for purposes of this subsection1 the term approval resolution means a joint resolution1 the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows3 ,that the proposed agreement entered into pursuant to section #bcc of the ,social ,security ,act between the ,united ,states and establishing totalization arrangements between the ,social ,security system established by title ,,ii of such ,act and the ,social ,security system of 1 transmitted to ,congress by the ,president on 1 is hereby approved41 the first two blanks therein being filled with the name of the country with which the ,united ,states entered into the agreement1 and the third blank therein being filled with the date of the transmittal of the agreement to ,congress4 7#d7 ,whenever a document setting forth an agreement entered into under this section and the ,president's report in support of the agreement is transmitted to ,congress pursuant to paragraph 7#b71 copies of such document shall be delivered to both ,houses of ,congress on the same day and shall be delivered to the ,clerk of the ,house of ,representatives if the ,house is not in session and to the ,secretary of the ,senate if the ,senate is not in session4 7#e7 ,on the day on which a document setting forth the agreement is transmitted to the ,house of ,representatives and the ,senate pursuant to paragraph 7#a71 an approval resolution with respect to such agreement shall be introduced 7by request7 in the ,house by the majority leader of the ,house1 for himself or herself and the minority leader of the ,house1 or by ,members of the ,house designated by the majority leader and minority leader of the ,house2 and shall be introduced 7by request7 in the ,senate by the majority leader of the ,senate1 for himself or herself and the minority leader of the ,senate1 or by ,members of the ,senate designated by the majority leader and minority leader of the ,senate4 ,if either ,house is not in session on the day on which such an agreement is transmitted1 the approval resolution with respect to such agreement shall be introduced in that ,house1 as provided in the preceding sentence1 on the first day thereafter on which that ,house is in session4 ,the resolution introduced in the ,house of ,representatives shall be referred to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means and the resolution introduced in the ,senate shall be referred to the ,committee on ,finance4 4 7b7 ,effective date ,the amendments made by this ,act shall apply with respect to agreements establishing totalization arrangements entered into under section #bcc of the ,social ,security ,act which are transmitted to ,congress on or after ,january #a1 #bjad4