{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-404.1903","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 404.1903","heading":"Negotiating totalization agreements.","body":"An agreement shall be negotiated with the national government of the foreign country for the entire country. However, agreements may only be negotiated with foreign countries that have a social security system of general application in effect. The system shall be considered to be in effect if it is collecting social security taxes or paying social security benefits.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER III—SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION","PART 404—FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950- )","Subpart T—Totalization Agreements"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"da33e942b6ed3cd94473d77d5828885cb68f2b3645ea04becb59a65abad1e16b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-404.1902","next":"us/20-cfr-404.1904"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}