Notes on retirement of railroad employees : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on retirement of railroad employees : US Code - Notes

SUBCHAPTER I - RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT OF 1934
Sec.
201 to 214. Omitted or Repealed.

SUBCHAPTER II - RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT OF 1935
215 to 228. Omitted.

SUBCHAPTER III - RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT OF 1937
228a to 228z-1. Omitted or Repealed.

SUBCHAPTER IV - RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT OF 1974
231. Definitions.
231a. Annuity eligibility requirements.
(a) Individuals eligible for annuities; disability
standards; proof of continued disability.
(b) Individuals eligible for supplemental
annuities.
(c) Spouses eligible for annuities.
(d) Survivors eligible for annuities.
(e) Compensated service; rights to return.
(f) Deductions on account of work.
(g) Employment compensation of survivors;
deductions.
(h) Military service; reductions.
(i) Limitation; service accrued after 1995.
231b. Computation of annuities.
(a) Amount.
(b) Increased annuities under subsection (a).
(c), (d) Repealed.
(e) Supplemental annuities.
(f) Reductions in annuities.
(g) Increased annuities under subsection (b).
(h) Increased annuities under subsections (a) and
(b).
(i) Years of service.
(j) Average monthly compensation.
(k) Employee representatives.
(l) Reductions for increased annuities.
(m) Reductions due to monthly social security
payments.
231c. Computation of spouse and survivor annuities.
(a) Amount of spouses' annuities; age.
(b) Increases in spouses' annuities in accordance
with section 231b(b), (c), (d) of this title.
(c) Repealed.
(d) Increases in spouses' annuities in accordance
with section 231b(g) of this title.
(e) Increases in particular spouses' annuities.
(f) Amount of survivors' annuities; age;
entitlement.
(g) Increases in survivor's annuities in accordance
with subsection (f).
(h) Increases in particular widows' and widowers'
annuities.
(i) Reductions in survivors' annuities.
231d. Annuity beginning and ending dates.
(a) Annuities under section 231a of this title.
(b) Applications for payment.
(c) Individual's entitlement.
231e. Lump sum payments.
(a) Eligible annuities; applications; reversion;
determination of status of recipient.
(b) Payments in accordance with Railroad Retirement
Act of 1937 and Social Security Act.
(c) Payments in the absence of further benefits.
(d) Payments to recipients ineligible for certain
other annuities.
(e) Additional lump sum payment in certain cases.
231f. Railroad Retirement Board.
(a) Administration.
(b) Powers and duties.
(c) Sources of payments; adjustments.
(d) Hospital insurance benefits; certified
beneficiaries; disability insurance benefits;
services in Canada; exchange of information.
(e) Acceptance of gifts and bequests.
(f) Congressional copies of documents submitted or
transmitted to President or Office of
Management and Budget.
231f-1. Annual actuarial report.
231g. Court jurisdiction.
231h. Returns of compensation; conclusiveness.
231i. Erroneous payments.
(a) Recovery.
(b) Adjustments.
(c) Decision not to recover.
(d) Liability of officers.
231j. Waiver of annuities.
231k. Incompetence.
231l. Penalties.
231m. Assignability; exemption from levy.
231n. Railroad Retirement Account.
(a) Maintenance of account; authorization of
appropriations.
(b) Authorization of appropriations; military
service costs and administrative expenses.
(c) Repealed.
(d) Dual Benefits Payments Account.
(e) Investments.
(f) Actuarial Advisory Committee.
(g) Annual report.
(h) Authorization of appropriations; administrative
expenses of subchapter.
(i) Crediting of accounts for unnegotiated benefit
checks.
(j) National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust.
(k) Transfers to the Trust.
(l) National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust.
231n-1. Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Transfers, etc., to Social Security Equivalent
Benefit Account.
(c) Availability and transfer of funds.
(d) Transfers to Social Security Equivalent Benefit
Account and National Railroad Retirement
Investment Trust.
(e) Applicability of section 231n.
(f) References to Railroad Retirement Account
deemed references to Social Security
Equivalent Benefit Account; "social security
equivalent benefits" defined.
231o. Private pensions.
231p. Free transportation.
231q. Crediting service under Social Security Act.
231r. Automatic benefit eligibility requirement adjustments.
(a) Reduced benefits.
(b) Additional eligible beneficiaries.
(c) Reduced conditions of entitlement; expanded
benefits.
(d) Limitations.
231s. Separability.
231t. Short title.
231u. Benefit preservation.
231v. Computation and certification of account benefit
ratios.
(a) Initial computation and certification.
(b) Computations and certifications after 2003.
(c) Definition.