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As an aid in answering inquiries requiring specific references to, or citations of, the 

Railroad Retirement Act and/or the United States Code equivalent, cross-references are 

provided both alphabetically by general subject matter and by RRA section number with 

the U.S. Code equivalent. 

105.5 Alphabetic Subject Matter Cross-Reference RRA To U.S. Code 

This subchapter contains a general subject matter cross-reference to sections of the 

Railroad Retirement Act and the United States Code. For a more detailed subject 

matter delineation, see FOM-I-105.10, which outlines the RRA numerically by section, 

with the corresponding U.S. Code equivalent. 

General Subject Title 

Section of 1974 

Railroad 

Retirement Act 

United States Code 

Equivalent 

Annuity Beginning and Ending Dates 5 45 USC sec 231d 

Annuity Eligibility Requirements 2 45 USC sec 231a 

Automatic Benefit Eligibility Requirement 

Adjustments 

19 45 USC sec 231r 

Benefit Preservation 22 45 USC sec 231u 

Computation of Employee Annuities 3 45 USC sec 231b 

Computation of Spouse and Survivor 

Annuity 

4 45 USC sec 231c 

Court Jurisdiction 8 45 USC sec 231g 

Crediting RR Service Under the Social 

Security Act 

18 45 USC sec 231q 

Definitions 1 45 USC sec 231 

Erroneous Payments 10 45 USC sec 231i 

Free Transportation 17 45 USC sec 231p 

Incompetence 12 45 USC sec 231k 

Inspector General 23 45 USC sec 231v 

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Lump Sum Payments 6 45 USC sec 231e 

Penalties 13 45 USC sec 231l 

Powers and Duties of the Board 7 45 USC sec 231f 

Private Pensions 16 45 USC sec 231o 

Railroad Retirement Account 15 45 USC sec 231n 

Returns of Compensation 9 45 USC sec 231h 

Separability 20 45 USC sec 231s 

Social Security Equivalent Benefit 

Account 

15A 45 USC sec 231n-1 

Short Title 21 45 USC sec 231t 

Taxation, Garnishment, Attachment or 

Legal Process 

14 45 USC sec 231m 

Waiver of Annuities 11 45 USC sec 231j 

105.10 Numeric RRA Cross-Reference To Specific Subjects And U.S. 

Code Equivalents 

This subchapter contains a detailed subject matter cross-reference in numerical order of 

sections of the RRA, with the corresponding U.S. Code equivalent. 

Section of 

1974 Railroad 

Retirement 

Act 

United States and Code 

Equivalent 

Section Titles Subject Matter 

Covered By Subsections 

Section 1 45 USC sec 231 Definitions 

1(a) 45 USC sec 231(a) Employer 

1(b) 45 USC sec 231(b) Employee 

1(c) 45 USC sec 231(c) Employee Representative 

1(d) 45 USC sec 231(d) In Service of An Employer 

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1(e) 45 USC sec 231(e) In Employment Relation 

1(f) 45 USC sec 231(f) Years of Service 

1(g) 45 USC sec 231(g) In Military Service 

1(h) 45 USC sec 231(h) Compensation 

1(i) 45 USC sec 231(i) Board 

1(j) 45 USC sec 231(j) Company 

1(k) 45 USC sec 231(k) Officers As Employees 

1(l) 45 USC sec 231(l) Person 

1(m) 45 USC sec 231(m) United States 

1(n) 45 USC sec 231(n) Social Security Act 

1(o) 45 USC sec 231(o) Current Connection 

1(p) 45 USC sec 231(p) Annuity 

1(q) 45 USC sec 231(q) Quarter; Calendar Quarter 

1(r) 45 USC sec 231(r) Permanently Insured Under the SS Act 

Section 2 45 USC sec 231a Annuity Eligibility Requirements 

2(a)(1) 45 USC sec 231a(a)(1) Employee Annuities 

2(a)(2) 45 USC sec 231a(a)(2) Standards for Occupational Disability 

2(a)(3) 45 USC sec 231a(a)(3) Proof of Disability 

2(b) 45 USC sec 231a(b) Supplemental Annuity 

2(c)(1) 45 USC sec 231a(c)(1) Spouse Annuity 

2(c)(2) 45 USC sec 231a(c)(2) Spouse or Divorced Spouse Age 

Reduction 

2(c)(3) 45 USC sec 231a(c)(3) Spouse Defined 

2(c)(4) 45 USC sec 231a(c)(4) Divorced Spouse Annuity 

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2(d)(1) 45 USC sec 231a(d)(1) Eligibility Requirements for Survivor 

Insurance Annuities 

2(d)(2) 45 USC sec 231a(d)(2) Prescribed Period for Disabled 

Widow(er)'s Insurance Annuities and 

Disabled Surviving Divorced Spouse's 

Annuities 

2(d)(3) 45 USC sec 231a(d)(3) Standards for Survivor Disability 

Annuities 

2(d)(4) 45 USC sec 231a(d)(4) Determining Relationship to Employee, 

Child Dependency and Full-Time 

Elementary or Secondary School 

Students 

2(e)(1) 45 USC sec 231a(e)(1) Cessation of Service Except Elected 

Public Office 

2(e)(2) 45 USC sec 231a(e)(2) Relinquishment of Rights 

2(e)(3) 45 USC sec 231a(e)(3) Employer Service, Last Person Service 

2(e)(4) 45 USC sec 231a(e)(4) Deductions When Employee Disability 

Annuitant Earns More Than $880 

2(e)(5) 45 USC sec 231a(e)(5) Spouse or Divorced Spouse Annuities 

Not Payable for Month She or the 

Employee Are in RR Service or LPS 

2(f) 45 USC sec 231a(f) SS Work Restrictions for Employee, 

Spouse and Divorced Spouse 

2(g)(1) 45 USC sec 231a(g)(1) RR Work Restrictions for Survivors 

2(g)(2) 45 USC sec 231a(g)(2) SS Work Restrictions for Survivors 

2(h)(2) 45 USC sec 231a(h)(2) Reduction in Supplemental Annuities for 

Company Pension 

2(h)(3) 45 USC sec 231a(h)(3) Reduction in Spouse, Divorced Spouse 

or Survivor Annuity for Entitlement to 

Employee Annuity (When No RR 

Service Before 1975) 

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2(h)(4) 45 USC sec 221a(h)(4) Reduction in Annuity for Entitlement to 

More than One Spouse or Survivor 

Annuity 

Section 3 45 USC sec 231b Computation of Employee Annuities 

3(a)(1) 45 USC sec 231b(a)(1) Tier I 

3(a)(2) 45 USC sec 231b(a)(2) Deeming Provisions for a Disabled 

Employee 

3(a)(3) 45 USC sec 231b(a)(3) Tier I for 60/30 Employee with an ABD 

prior to attainment of age 62 

3(b)(1) 45 USC sec 231b(b)(1) Tier II 

3(b)(2) 45 USC sec 231b(b)(2) AMC for Employees of Certain 

Government Agencies 

3(e) 45 USC sec 231b(e) Supplemental Annuity 

3(f)(1) 45 USC sec 231b(f)(1) RRA Maximum 

3(f)(2) 45 USC sec 231b(f)(2) Grandfather Clause 

3(f)(3) 45 USC sec 231b(f)(3) Overall Minimum Guaranty 

3(g)(1) 45 USC sec 231b(g)(1) December COL Increase for Tier II 

3(g)(2) 45 USC sec 231b(g)(2) Tier II Solvency Reduction 

3(h)(1) 45 USC sec 231b(h)(1) Windfall for Employee Vested on His 

Own E/R and Who Worked for a 

Railroad in 1974 or had 25 Years of 

Service Before 1974 or has a CC When 

He Retires 

3(h)(2) 45 USC sec 231b(h)(2) Windfall for Employee Vested on His 

Own E/R Who Left the Railroad Industry 

Before 1974 

3(h)(3) 45 USC sec 231b(h)(3) Windfall for Employee Vested on His 

Spouse's E/R and Who Worked for a 

Railroad in 1974 or had25 Years of 

Service Before 1974 or has a CC When 

He Retires 

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3(h)(4) 45 USC sec 231b(h)(4) Windfall for Employee Vested on His 

Spouse's E/R Who Left the Railroad 

Industry Before 1974 

3(h)(5) 45 USC sec 231b(h)(5) COL Increase for W/F Prior to Earlier of 

1-1-82 or Employee's ABD 

3(h)(6) 45 USC sec 231b(h)(6) Eliminates Windfalls for Employees 

Vested on Their Spouses E/R Unless 

They Were Determined to be Entitled to 

a Spouse W/F Before 8-13-81. 

3(i)(1) 45 USC sec 231b(i)(1) Subsequent Service 

3(i)(2) 45 USC sec 231b(i)(2) Creditable Military Service 

3(i)(3) 45 USC sec 231b(i)(3) Prior Service 

3(i)(4) 45 USC sec 231b(i)(4) Crediting Additional Service Months 

when Employee Has Maximum 

Compensation but Performed Service in 

Less than 12 Months. 

3(j) 45 USC sec 231b(j) Average Monthly Compensation 

3(k) 45 USC sec 231b(k) Employee Representative Treated the 

Same as an Employee 

3(l)(1) 45 USC sec 231b(l)(1) Age Reduction for Annuity Increases or 

Decreases 

3(l)(2) 45 USC sec 231b(l)(2) Separate Age Reduction for Annuity 

Components; Age Reduction for Cases 

Awarded Before 10-1-81 

3(m) 45 USC sec 231b(m) Reduction for SS Benefits 

Section 4 45 USC sec 231c Computation of Spouse and Survivor 

Annuity 

4(a)(1) 45 USC sec 231c(a)(1) Tier I for Spouse or Divorced Spouse 

4(a)(2) 45 USC sec 231c(a)(2) Deeming Provision for Spouse of 60/30 

Employee Who Was At Least Age 62 on 

His ABD 

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4(a)(3) 45 USC sec 231c(a)(3) Tier I for Spouse of a60/30 Employee 

With An ABD Prior to Attainment of Age 

62 

4(a)(4) 45 USC sec 231c(a)(4) Tier I for Spouse of a Disabled 

Employee 

4(b) 45 USC sec 231c(b) Tier II for Spouse 

4(c) 45 USC sec 231c(c) RRA Maximum 

4(d)(1) 45 USC sec 231c(d)(1) December COL Increase for Tier II 

4(d)(2) 45 USC sec 231c(d)(2) Tier II Solvency Reduction for Spouses 

First Entitled 1/84 or Later When the 

Employee Was on the Rolls in 12/83 

4(d)(3) 45 USC sec 231c(d)(3) Tier II Solvency Reduction for Spouses 

on the Rolls in 12/83 

4(e)(1) 45 USC sec 231c(e)(1) RIB Windfall for a Spouse of a Vested 

Employee Who Worked for a Railroad 

in1974 or Had 25 Years of Service 

Before 1974 or Has a CC When He 

Retires 

4(e)(2) 45 USC sec 231c(e)(2) RIB Windfall for a Spouse of an 

Employee Who Left the Railroad 

Industry Before 1974 

4(e)(3) 45 USC sec 231c(e)(3) Wife's Windfall for a Spouse of a Vested 

Employee 

4(e)(4) 45 USC sec 231c(e)(4) COL Increase for W/F Prior to Earlier of 

1-1-82 or Employee's ABD 

4(e)(5) 45 USC sec 231c(e)(5) Eliminates Windfall for Spouses Unless 

They Were Determined to be Entitled to 

a W/F Before 8-13-81. 

4(f)(1) 45 USC sec 231c(f)(1) Tier I for Survivors 

4(f)(2) 45 USC sec 231c(f)(2) Deeming Provisions for Aged 

Widow(er)s or Parents and Disabled 

Widow(er)s or Children 

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4(f)(3) 45 USC sec 231c(f)(3) Tier I COL Increases for Widow(er)s 

Entitled to an Annuity Based Solely on 

Railroad Service Before1937 

4(g)(1) 45 USC sec 231c(g)(1) Basic Tier II for Survivors 

4(g)(2) 45 USC sec 231c(g)(2) Minimum and Maximum Tier II Amounts 

4(g)(3) 45 USC sec 231c(g)(3) Provides a Reduction in Tier II for 

Months Before the Application was 

Filed, if the new Entitlement Would 

Cause an Overpayment in the Tier II of 

Other Entitled Family Members 

4(g)(4) 45 USC sec 231c(g)(4) WIA Restored Amount/Spouse 

Minimum Guarantee 

4(g)(5) 45 USC sec 231c(g)(5) No Tier II for Remarried Widow(er)s and 

Surviving Divorced Spouses 

4(g)(6) 45 USC sec 231c(g)(6) Provides for Tier II COL Increases 

4(g)(7) 45 USC sec 231c(g)(7) Tier II Solvency Reduction for Survivor 

Annuitant on the Rolls in l2/83 

4(g)(8) 45 USC sec 231c(g)(8) Tier II Solvency Reduction for Survivors 

Coming on the Rolls After 12/83 Who 

Are Entitled to a 1981 Amendment Tier 

II 

4(g)(9) 45 USC sec 231c(g)(9) Tier II Solvency Reduction for Survivors 

Coming on the Rolls After 12/83 Who 

Are Entitled to a 1937 Act Tier II 

4(h)(1) 45 USC sec 231c(h)(1) Windfall for Widow(er) 

4(h)(2) 45 USC sec 231c(h)(2) Eliminates Windfall for Widow(er)s 

Unless They Were Determined to be 

Entitled to a W/F Before8-13-81. Also 

Provides that Remarried Widow(er)s 

and Surviving Divorced Spouses Are 

not Eligible for a W/F 

4(i)(1) 45 USC sec 231c(i)(1) Tier I Offset for Spouse or Divorced 

Spouse SS Benefit 

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4(i)(2) 45 USC sec 231c(i)(2) Tier I Offset in Survivor Annuity for 

Employee Annuity Tier I 

4(i)(3) 45 USC sec 231c(i)(3) Tier I Offset in Remarried Widow(er)'s 

Annuity for a Spouse Benefit Under the 

SS Act 

Section 5 45 USC sec 231d Annuity Beginning and Ending Dates 

5(a) 45 USC sec 231d(a) ABD for Annuities 

5(b) 45 USC sec 231d(b) Application for Annuity 

5(c)(1) 45 USC sec 231d(c)(1) Termination of A&S and SUP Annuities 

5(c)(2) 45 USC sec 231d(c)(2) Termination of Employee Disability 

Annuities 

5(c)(3) 45 USC sec 231d(c)(3) Termination of Spouse or Divorced 

Spouse Annuity 

5(c)(4) 45 USC sec 231d(c)(4) Termination of Aged Widow(er)'s 

Annuity 

5(c)(5) 45 USC sec 231d(c)(5) Termination of Disabled Widow(er)'s 

Annuity 

5(c)(6) 45 USC sec 231d(c)(6) Termination of Mother's Annuity 

5(c)(7) 45 USC sec 231d(c)(7) Termination of Child's Annuity and 

Reentitlement Annuity 

5(c)(8) 45 USC sec 231d(c)(8) Termination of Parent's Annuity 

5(c)(9) 45 USC sec 231d(c)(9) No Annuity Is Payable for the Month of 

Death or for any Month in Which an 

Annuitant Disappears. 

This Section Also Provides Survivor 

Benefits for the Spouse of an Employee 

Who Disappeared 

Section 6 45 USC sec 231e Lump-Sum Payments 

6(a) 45 USC sec 231e(a) Annuities Due But Unpaid at Death 

6(b)(1) 45 USC sec 231e(b)(1) 1937 Act Lump-Sum Death Payment 

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6(b)(2) 45 USC sec 231e(b)(2) 1974 Act Lump-Sum Death Payment 

6(c)(1) 45 USC sec 231e(c)(1) Residual Lump-Sum Eligibility 

Requirements 

6(c)(2) 45 USC sec 231e(c)(2) RLS Computation 

6(d)(1) 45 USC sec 231e(d)(1) Tax Refund Eligibility Requirements 

6(d)(2) 45 USC sec 231e(d)(2) Tax Refund Computation 

6(e) 45 USC sec 231e(e) Separation Allowance Refund 

Section 7 45 USC sec 231f Powers and Duties of the Board 

7(a) 45 USC sec 231f(a) Composition of the Board 

7(b)(1) 45 USC sec 231f(b)(1) General Authority to Administer RR Act 

7(b)(2) 45 USC sec 231f(b)(2) General Authority to Administer SS Act 

Provisions 

7(b)(3) 45 USC sec 231f(b)(3) Specific Powers and Authority to 

Delegate 

7(b)(4) 45 USC sec 231f(b)(4) Certification to the Treasury 

7(b)(5) 45 USC sec 231f(b)(5) Authority to Issue Rules and 

Regulations 

7(b)(6) 45 USC sec 231f(b)(6) Authority to Maintain Records and 

Secure Information 

7(b)(7) 45 USC sec 231f(b)(7) CMS, HHS and RRB Record 

Exchanges 

7(b)(8) 45 USC sec 231f(b)(8) Verifying Records of M/S and Benefits 

Based on It 

7(b)(9) 45 USC sec 231f(b)(9) Employees and Offices of the Board 

7(c)(1) 45 USC sec 231f(c)(1) Payments from RR and SUP Accounts 

and Dual Benefits Payments Account 

7(c)(2) 45 USC sec 231f(c)(2) Financial Interchange 

7(c)(3) 45 USC sec 231f(c)(3) Rate of Interest 

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7(c)(4) 45 USC sec 231f(c)(4) Borrowing Authority for up to the 

Monthly Amount Due Through Financial 

Interchange from the General Fund 

When There Are Insufficient Funds in 

the Regular RR Account to Pay Benefits 

7(d)(1) 45 USC sec 231f(d)(1) Administration of Medicare Program 

7(d)(2) 45 USC sec 231f(d)(2) Qualified RR Medicare Beneficiaries 

7(d)(3) 45 USC sec 231f(d)(3) DIB Insured Status Deeming Provision 

7(d)(4) 45 USC sec 231f(d)(4) Medicare Provisions for Canada 

7(d)(5) 45 USC sec 231f(d)(5) Exchange of Information Between RRB, 

CMS, and HHS 

7(e) 45 USC sec 231f(e) Authority to Accept Gifts 

7(f) 45 USC sec 231f(f) Requirement to Send a Copy of Any 

Budget Information, Legislative 

Recommendation, or Testimony for 

Congressional Hearings to Congress 

When it Is Sent to the President or the 

Office of Management and Budget 

Section 8 45 USC sec 231g Court Jurisdiction - Provisions for 

Court Review 

Section 9 45 USC sec 231h Returns of Compensation, Reports of 

Compensation and Finality of Such 

Reports 

Section 10 45 USC sec 231i Erroneous Payments 

10(a) 45 USC sec 231i(a) Authority to Recover Erroneous 

Payments 

10(b) 45 USC sec 231i(b) Manner of Recovery 

10(c) 45 USC sec 231i(c) Authority to Waive Recovery 

10(d) 45 USC sec 231i(d) Certifying Officer Not Liable for 

Erroneous Payment 

Section 11 45 USC sec 231j Waiver of Annuities - Makes 

Provision for Waiver of an Annuity 

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Section 12 45 USC sec 231k Incompetence 

12(a) 45 USC sec 231k(a) RRB Authority When Beneficiary Is 

Incompetent 

12(b) 45 USC sec 231k(b) Authority to Deal With Guardian 

Section 13 45 USC sec 231 l Penalties 

l3(a) 45 USC sec 231 l(a) Penalty Provision and Fines 

l3(b) 45 USC sec 231 l(a) Collection and Crediting of Fines 

Section 14 45 USC sec 231m Taxation, Garnishment, Attachment 

or Legal Process 

A Supplemental Annuity Is Subject to 

Taxes Under the Internal Revenue 

Code. All but the Tier I May Be Treated 

as Community Property in Connection 

with a Decree of Divorce, Annulment, or 

Legal Separation. An Annuity is Exempt 

from Other Legal Process Except for 

Legal Process for Enforcement of 

Support Obligations 

Section 15 45 USC sec 231n Railroad Retirement Account 

15(a) 45 USC sec 231n(a) Continuation of l937 Act Provisions for 

RR Account 

15(b) 45 USC sec 231n(b) Appropriation for M/S 

15(c) 45 USC sec 231n(c) Continuation of 1937 Act Provisions for 

SUP ANN Account 

15(d) 45 USC sec 231n(d) Appropriations for Windfall Payments 

and Borrowing Authority for up to the 

Amount Needed to Pay Windfall 

Benefits for One Month 

15(e) 45 USC sec 231n(e) Investment of Funds 

15(f) 45 USC sec 231n(f) Actuarial Advisory Committee 

15(g) 45 USC sec 231n(g) Annual Report to Include Status of 

Accounts 

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15(h) 45 USC sec 231n(h) Authorization for Appropriation for 

Administrative Expenses 

15(i) 45 USC sec 231n(i) Checks Uncashed by the End of the 

Sixth Month After the Month of Issue 

Are Reaccredited to the RR Account 

Until the Checks Are Cashed 

Section 15A 45 USC sec 231n-l Social Security Equivalent Benefit 

Account 

15A(a) 45 USC sec 231n-l(a) Establishes the SS Equivalent Benefit 

Account 

15A(b) 45 USC sec 231n-l(b) Income to the SS Equivalent Benefit 

Account Includes Net Tier I Taxes, 

Income Tax Liabilities on Tier I, 

Financial Interchange Payments and 

Appropriations for Military Service 

15A(c)(1) 45 USC sec 231n-l(c)(1) The SS Equivalent Benefit Account 

Must First Be Used to Pay SS 

Equivalent Benefits 

15A(c)(2) 45 USC sec 231n-l(c)(2) Financial Interchange Transfers to the 

social security trust funds must be made 

from the SS Equivalent Benefit Account 

15A(d)(1) 45 USC sec 231n-l(d)(1) Borrowing Authority from the Railroad 

Retirement Account When There Are 

Insufficient Funds in the SS Equivalent 

Benefit Account to Pay Benefits 

15A(d)(2) 45 USC sec 231n-l(d)(2) Authority to Transfer Funds from the SS 

Equivalent Benefit Account to the RR 

Account When there Are Insufficient 

Funds in that Account to Pay Benefits 

15A(e) 45 USC sec 231n-l(e) Investment of Funds, Actuarial Advisory 

Committee and Annual Report Including 

Status of Account 

15A(f)(1) 45 USC sec 231n-l(f)(1) References in the RR Act to the RR 

Account Mean the SS Equivalent 

Benefit Account if Payment of SS 

Equivalent Benefits Is Involved 

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15A(f)(2) 45 USC sec 231n-l(f)(2) Definition of "Social Security Equivalent 

Benefit" 

Section 16 45 USC sec 231o Private Pensions - No Restriction on 

Payment of Private Pensions 

Section 17 45 USC sec 231p Free Transportation - Carriers 

Permitted to Furnish Free 

Transportation to Annuitants 

Section 18 45 USC sec 231q Crediting RR Service Under the 

Social Security Act 

18(1) 45 USC sec 231q(1) When RR Service Cannot Be Used by 

SSA 

18(2) 45 USC sec 231q(2) When RR Service Can Be Used by SSA 

Section 19 45 USC sec 231r Automatic Benefit Eligibility 

Requirement Adjustments 

19(a) 45 USC sec 231r(a) SS Eligibility Changes Apply Similarly 

for SS Component of Annuity 

19(b) 45 USC sec 231r(b) New SS Beneficiaries Also Acquire RR 

Annuity Eligibility 

19(c) 45 USC sec 231r(c) New Medicare Benefits for SS Act 

Beneficiaries Apply to RR Act 

Beneficiaries 

19(d) 45 USC sec 231r(d) Limits Life Cases to Those With 10 

Years of Service and Survivor Cases to 

Those Where the Employee Has 10 

Years of Service and a C/C; Limits 

Duplication of Benefits 

Section 20 45 USC sec 231s Separability - Invalidity of One 

Provision Does Not Affect Other 

Provisions 

Section 21 45 USC sec 231t Short Title - Railroad Retirement Act 

of 1974 

Section 22 45 USC sec 231u Benefit Preservation 

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22(a) 45 USC sec 231u(a) The Board Must Furnish the President 

and the Congress With an Annual 

Report Containing a Five year 

Projection of Revenues and Payments 

from the RR Account. 

22(b)(1) 45 USC sec 231u(b)(1) Representatives of Labor and 

Management Must Submit Funding 

Proposal(s) to the President and 

Congress When the Board's Report 

Indicates Insufficient Funding. 

22(b)(2) 45 USC sec 231u(b)(2) The President Must Submit a Plan to 

Congress to Preserve the RR Account, 

Including a Particular Proposal to 

Assure Continuous Payment of Social 

Security Equivalent Benefits 

22(c) 45 USC sec 231u(c) When the Board's Report Indicates 

There Is Insufficient Funding, the Board 

Must Issue Regulations to Provide for 

Reducing Benefits Which Will Be 

Effective Unless Legislation Is Enacted 

for this Purpose. 

Section 23 45 USC sec 231v Inspector General 

The President May Appoint an Inspector 

General for the Board Who Will Report 

Directly to the Chairman. 

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