Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/45/231m
Timestamp: 2017-11-21 06:02:05
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 231', '§ 231', '§ 231', '§\u202f419', '§\u202f419', '§\u202f419', '§\u202f110', '§\u202f419', 'art 295']

45 U.S. Code § 231m - Assignability; exemption from levy | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
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45 U.S. Code § 231m - Assignability; exemption from levy
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.], notwithstanding any other law of the United States, or of any State, territory, or the District of Columbia, no annuity or supplemental annuity shall be assignable or be subject to any tax or to garnishment, attachment, or other legal process under any circumstances whatsoever, nor shall the payment thereof be anticipated [1]
(A) Payments made pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection shall not require that the employee be entitled to an annuity under section 231a(a)(1) of this title: Provided, however, That where an employee is not entitled to such an annuity, payments made pursuant to paragraph (2) may not begin before the month in which the following three conditions are satisfied:
2008—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 110–458 added par. (3).
1986—Subsecs. (a), (b)(1). Pub. L. 99–514 substituted “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” for “Internal Revenue Code of 1954”.
1983—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–76, § 419(a)(1), substituted “(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, notwithstanding” for “Notwithstanding”.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 98–76, § 419(a)(2), substituted “(b)(1) This” for “: Provided, however, That the provisions of this”.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 98–76, § 419(a)(3), added par. (2).
Pub. L. 110–458, title I, § 110(b)(1), Dec. 23, 2008, 122 Stat. 5112, provided that:
“The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to payments due for months after August 2007. If, prior to the effective date of such amendment, payment pursuant to paragraph (2) of section 14(b) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231m(b)) was terminated because of the employee’s death, payment to the former spouse may be reinstated for months after August 2007.”
Pub. L. 98–76, title IV, § 419(b), Aug. 12, 1983, 97 Stat. 438, provided that:
“The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall apply with respect to annuity amounts payable for months beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 12, 1983].”
20 CFR Part 295 - PAYMENTS PURSUANT TO COURT DECREE OR COURT-APPROVED PROPERTY SETTLEMENT