text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Totalization 
  Agreement Reform Act of 2007''.
  
  SEC. 2. TRANSMITTAL AND APPROVAL OF TOTALIZATION AGREEMENTS.
  
      (a) In General.--Section 233(e) of the Social Security Act (42 
  U.S.C. 433(e)) is amended to read as follows:
      ``(e) (1) 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 (and only if)--
              ``(A) the President, at least 90 calendar days before the 
          date on which the President enters into the agreement, notifies 
          each House of the Congress of the President's intention to 
          enter into the agreement, and promptly thereafter publishes 
          notice of such intention in the Federal Register,
              ``(B) the President transmits the text of such agreement to 
          each House of the Congress as provided in paragraph (2), and
              ``(C) an approval resolution regarding such agreement has 
          passed both Houses of the Congress and has been enacted into 
          law.
      ``(2)(A) Whenever an agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is 
  entered into, the President shall transmit to each House of the 
  Congress a document setting forth the final legal text of such 
  agreement and including a report by the President in support of such 
  agreement. The President's report shall include the following:
              ``(i) an estimate by the Chief Actuary of the Social 
          Security Administration of the effect of the agreement, in the 
          short term and in the long term, on the receipts and 
          disbursements under the social security system established by 
          this title;
              ``(ii) a statement of any administrative action proposed to 
          implement the agreement and how such action will change or 
          affect existing law,
              ``(iii) a statement describing whether and how the 
          agreement changes provisions of an agreement previously 
          negotiated,
              ``(iv) a statement describing how and to what extent the 
          agreement makes progress in achieving the purposes, policies, 
          and objectives of this title,
              ``(v) an estimate by the Chief Actuary of the Social 
          Security Administration, working in consultation with the 
          Comptroller General of the United States, of the numbers of 
          individuals who may become eligible for any benefits under this 
          title by reason of the agreement or who may otherwise be 
          affected by the agreement,
              ``(vi) an assessment of the integrity of the retirement 
          data and records (including birth, death, and marriage records) 
          of the other country that is a party to the agreement, and
              ``(vii) an assessment of the ability of such other country 
          to track and monitor recipients of benefits affected by such 
          agreement.
      ``(B) If any separate agreement or other understanding with another 
  country (whether oral or in writing) relating to an agreement to 
  establish a totalization arrangement under this section is not 
  disclosed to the Congress in the transmittal to the Congress under this 
  paragraph of the agreement to establish a totalization arrangement, 
  then such separate agreement or understanding shall not be considered 
  to be part of the agreement approved by the Congress under this section 
  and shall have no force and effect under United States law.
      ``(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term `approval 
  resolution' means a joint resolution, the matter after the resolving 
  clause of which is as follows: `That the proposed agreement entered 
  into pursuant to section 233 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 _______, transmitted to the Congress 
  by the President on ______, is hereby approved.', the first two blanks 
  therein being filled with the name of the country with which the United 
  States entered into the agreement, and the third blank therein being 
  filled with the date of the transmittal of the agreement to the 
  Congress.
      ``(4) The succeeding paragraphs of this subsection are enacted by 
  the Congress--
              ``(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House 
          of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such 
          they are deemed a part of the rules of each House, 
          respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure 
          to be followed in that House in the case of disapproval 
          resolutions and approval resolutions, and they supersede other 
          rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; 
          and
              ``(B) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
          either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the 
          procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner and to 
          the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.
      ``(5)(A) 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 the Congress pursuant to paragraph (2), 
  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 session.
      ``(6)(A) On the day on which a document setting forth the agreement 
  is transmitted to the House of Representatives and the Senate pursuant 
  to paragraph (1), an approval resolution with respect to such agreement 
  shall be introduced (by request) in the House by the majority leader of 
  the House, for himself or herself and the minority leader of the House, 
  or by Members of the House designated by the majority leader and 
  minority leader of the House; and shall be introduced (by request) in 
  the Senate by the majority leader of the Senate, for himself or herself 
  and the minority leader of the Senate, or by Members of the Senate 
  designated by the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate. If 
  either House is not in session on the day on which such an agreement is 
  transmitted, the approval resolution with respect to such agreement 
  shall be introduced in that House, as provided in the preceding 
  sentence, on the first day thereafter on which that House is in 
  session. 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 Finance.
      ``(B) No amendment to the approval resolution shall be in order in 
  either the House of Representatives or the Senate; and no motion to 
  suspend the application of this clause shall be in order in either 
  House, nor shall it be in order in either House for the Presiding 
  Officer to entertain a request to suspend the application of this 
  clause by unanimous consent.
      ``(C) If the committee of either House to which an approval 
  resolution has been referred has not reported it at the close of the 
  45th day after its introduction, such committee shall be automatically 
  discharged from further consideration of the resolution and it shall be 
  placed on the appropriate calendar. A vote on final passage of the 
  resolution shall be taken in each House on or before the close of the 
  15th day after the resolution is reported by the committee of that 
  House to which it was referred, or after such committee has been 
  discharged from further consideration of the resolution.
      ``(D)(i) On or after the third day after the date on which the 
  committee to which the approval resolution is referred has reported, or 
  has been discharged from further consideration of, such resolution, it 
  is in order (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been 
  disagreed to) for any Member of the respective House to move to proceed 
  to the consideration of the resolution. A Member may make the motion 
  only on the day after the calendar day on which the Member announces to 
  the respective House the Member's intention to make the motion, except 
  that, in the case of the House of Representatives, the motion may be 
  made without such prior announcement if the motion is made by direction 
  of the Committee on Ways and Means. All points of order against the 
  approval resolution (and against consideration of the resolution) are 
  waived. The motion is highly privileged in the House of Representatives 
  and is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. The motion is not 
  subject to amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a motion to 
  proceed to the consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider 
  the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be 
  in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of the resolution 
  is agreed to, the respective House shall immediately proceed to 
  consideration of the approval resolution without intervening motion, 
  order, or other business, and the resolution shall remain the 
  unfinished business of the respective House until disposed of.
      ``(ii) Debate on the approval resolution, and on all debatable 
  motions and appeals in connection with the resolution, shall be limited 
  to not more than 20 hours, which shall be divided equally between those 
  favoring and those opposing the resolution. An amendment to the 
  resolution is not in order. A motion further to limit debate is in 
  order and not debatable. A motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed 
  to the consideration of other business, or a motion to recommit the 
  resolution is not in order.
      ``(iii) Immediately following the conclusion of the debate in the 
  respective House on the approval resolution and a single quorum call at 
  the conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance with the rules 
  of the respective House, the vote on final passage of the resolution 
  shall occur.
      ``(iv) Appeals from the decisions of the Presiding Officer relating 
  to the application of the rules of the respective House to the 
  procedure relating to the approval resolution shall be decided without 
  debate.
      ``(v) A motion to reconsider the vote by which the approval 
  resolution is agreed to or disagreed to is not in order.
      ``(E) For purposes of this paragraph, in computing a number of days 
  in either House, there shall be excluded any day on which that House is 
  not in session.
      ``(7)(A) If, before the passage by one House of an approval 
  resolution of that House, that House receives an approval resolution 
  from the other House, then the following procedures shall apply:
              ``(i) The approval resolution of the other House shall not 
          be referred to a committee and may not be considred in the 
          House receiving it except in the case of final passage as 
          provided in clause (ii)(II).
              ``(ii) With respect to an approval resolution of the House 
          receiving the resolution--
                      ``(I) the procedure in that House shall be the same 
                  as if no resolution had been received from the other 
                  House, and
                      ``(II) the vote on final passage shall be on the 
                  resolution of the other House.
      ``(B) Upon disposition of the resolution received from the other 
  House, it shall no longer be in order to consider the resolution that 
  originated in the receiving House.''.
      (b) Additional Reports and Evaluations.--Section 233 of such Act is 
  amended further by adding at the end the following new subsections:
      ``(f) Biennial SSA Report on Impact of Totalization Agreements.--
  Not later than 2 years after the effective date of each totalization 
  agreement that is transmitted to the Congress pursuant to subsection 
  (e), and biennially thereafter, the Commissioner of Social Security 
  shall submit to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller 
  General a report relating to such agreement. Such report shall--
              ``(1) compare the estimates contained in the report 
          submitted to Congress under clauses (i) and (v) of subsection 
          (e)(2)(A) with respect to that agreement with the actual number 
          of individuals affected by the agreement and the actual effect 
          of the agreement on receipts and disbursements of the social 
          security system established by this title; and
              ``(2) contain recommendations for adjusting the methods 
          used to make the estimates.
      ``(g) GAO Evaluation and Report.--
              ``(1) Evaluation of initial report on impact of 
          totalization agreements.--With respect to each initial report 
          regarding a totalization agreement submitted under subsection 
          (f), the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct 
          an evaluation of the report that includes--
                      ``(A) an evaluation of the procedures used for 
                  making the estimates required by subsection (e)(2)(A);
                      ``(B) an evaluation of the procedures used for 
                  determining the actual number of individuals affected 
                  by the agreement and the effects of the totalization 
                  agreement on receipts and disbursements under the 
                  social security system established by this title; and
                      ``(C) such recommendations as the Comptroller 
                  General determines appropriate.
              ``(2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
          submission of an initial report regarding a totalization 
          agreement under subsection (f), the Comptroller General shall 
          submit to Congress a report setting forth the results of the 
          evaluation conducted under paragraph (1).
              ``(3) Data collection.--The Commissioner of Social Security 
          shall collect and maintain the data necessary for the 
          Comptroller General of the United States to conduct the 
          evaluation required by paragraph (1).''.
      (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
  apply with respect to agreements establishing totalization arrangements 
  entered into under section 233 of the Social Security Act with are 
  transmitted to the Congress on or after January 1, 2007.
target: Social Security Totalization Agreement Reform Act of 2007 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide that any agreement to establish a totalization arrangement which is entered into with another country shall enter into force with respect to the United States if (and only if): (1) the President, at least 90 calendar days before the date on which he enters into the agreement, notifies each House of Congress of his intention to enter into it, and promply thereafter publishes notice of such intention in the Federal Register; (2) he transmits the text of such agreement to each House of the Congress; and (3) a joint resolution regarding such agreement has passed both Houses of Congress and been enacted into federal law.
  
  Sets forth procedures for the consideration of such a joint resolution.
feat_title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for Congressional oversight and approval of totalization agreements.