An Act to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, the Railroad Retirement Tax Act, and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, so as to provide increases in benefits, and for other purposes
PL 86-28 (H.R.5610), enacted 05/19/1959

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Public Law 86-26 
AN ACT 
To validate payments of certain quarters allowances made in good faith, and 
pursuant to agreements by authorized officials, to employees of the Depart-
ment of the Navy, but which were subsequently determined to be inconsistent 
with applicable regulations. 
May 13, 1959 
[H. R. 2975] 
Be it enacted, hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That all payments 
of quarters allowances made after January 1,1949, and before August 
16,1953, to civilian employees of the Department of the Navy on duty 
in London, England, are hereby validated. Any employee or former 
employee of the Department of the Navy who has made repayment to 
the United States of any amount so paid him as a quarters allowance 
is entitled to have refunded to him the amount so repaid. 
Any appro-
priation that was available for the payment of salaries of civilian 
employees of the Department of the Navy at any time during the years 
1949 through 1953 is available for the payment of the refunds author-
ized by this Act. 
Approved May 13, 1959. 
Navy. 
Q u a r t e rs al-
lowances;. 
Public Law 86-27 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To defer the proclamation of marlseting quotas and acreage allotments for the 
1960 crop of wheat until June 1, 1959. 
May 15„ 1959 
[S. J. R.;s. 94] 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Rejrresentatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall defer until 
June 1, 1959— 
(1) any proclamation under section 382 of the Agricultural 
Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, with respect to a national 
acreage allotment for the 1960 crop of wheat; and 
(2) any proclamation under section 335 of such Act with respect 
to marketing quotas for sucli crop of wheat. 
Approved May 15, 1959. 
Wheat. 
5 2 Stat. 53; 68 
Stat. 903. 
7 u s e 
1 3 3 2 , 
1335. 
Public Law 86-28 
AN ACT 
'I'o amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, the Railroad Retirement Tax 
Act, and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, so as to provide increases 
in benefits, and for other purposes. 
May 19, 1959 
[H. R. 5610] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
PART I—AMENDMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT OF 1937 
Section 1. (a) Section 2(a)3 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 
1937 is amended to read as follows: 
RaUroad Retire-
ment Act of 1937, 
amendments. 
50 Stat. 309. 
45 u s e 228b. 
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Women. 
"3. Individuals who will have attained the ao;e of sixty and will 
Reduced annuity. 
, 
l i i j i - ^ 
p 
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j? 
i 
have completed thirty years oi service or, m tlie case oi women, who 
will have attained the age of sixty-two and will have completed less 
than thirty years of service, but the annuity of such individual shall 
be reduced by one one-hundred-and-eightieth for each calendar month 
that he or she is under age sixty-five when the annuity begins to 
accrue." 
aiSuitiel.'' ^ ^ "'^ 
(b) Section 2(d) of such Act is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new sentence: "If pursuant to the third sentence 
of this subsection an annuity was not paid to an individual with 
respect to one or more months in any calendar year, and it is subse-
quently established that the total amount of such individual's earn-
ings during such year as determined in accordance with that sentence 
(but exclusive of earnings for services described in the first sentence 
of this subsection) did not exceed $1,200, the annuity with respect to 
such month or months, and any deduction imposed by reason of the 
failure to report earnings for such month or months under the fifth 
sentence of this subsection, shall then be payable. If the total amount 
of such individual's earnings during such year (exclusive of earnings 
for services described in the first sentence of this subsection) is in 
excess of $1,200, the number of months in such year with respect to 
which an annuity is not payable by reason of such third and fifth 
sentences shall not exceed one month for each $100 of such excess, 
treating the last $50 or more of such excess as $100; and if the amount 
of the annuity has changed during such year, any payments of annuity 
which become payable solely by reason of the limitation contained in 
this sentence shall be made first with respect to the month or months 
for which the annuity is larger." 
(c) Section 2(e) of such Act is amended by striking out "than an 
amount" and inserting in lieu thereof "than 110 per centum of an 
amount". 
(d) Section 2(g) of such Act is amended by inserting after "wife 
under age 65" the following: "(other than a wife who is receiving 
such annuity by reason of an election under subsection (h))". 
(e) Section 2 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subsection: 
"(h) A spouse who would be entitled to an annuity under subsection 
(e) if she or he had attained the age of 65 may elect upon or after 
attaining the age of 62 to receive such annuity, but the annuity in any 
such case shall be reduced by one one-hundred-and-eightieth for each 
calendar month that the spouse is under age 65 when the annuity 
begins to accrue." 
tatiSIl"^*^ compu- 
§Ec. 2. (a) Sectiou 3(a) of the Kailroad Retirement Act of 1937 is 
%5 use 228c. 
amended (1) by striking out "3.04", "2.28", and "1.52" and inserting 
in lieu thereof' "3.35", "2.51", and "1.67", respectively; and (2) by 
striking out "$200" and inserting in lieu thereof "$250". 
(b) Section 3(c) of such Act is amended by inserting after "or in 
excess of $350 for any month after June 30, 1954," the following: 
"and before the calendar month next following the month in which 
this Act was amended in 1959, or in excess of $400 for any month after 
the month in which this Act was so amended,". 
(c) Section 3(e) of such Act is amended (1) by striking out "$4.55", 
"$75.90", and "his monthly compensation" and inserting in lieu thereof 
s p o u s e s's an-
nuity. 
45 u s e 228c. 
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"$5.00"', "$83.50" and "110 per centum of his monthly compensation", 
respectively; (2) by striking out "is less than the amount, or the 
additional amount" and inserting in lieu thereof "is less than 110 per 
centum of the amount, or 110 per centum of the additional amount"; 
(3) by inserting after "age sixty-five," the following: "women entitled 
to spouses' annuities pursuant to elections made under subsection (h) 
of section 2 to be entitled to wife's insurance benefits determined under 
section 202(q) of the Social Security Act,"; and (4) by striking out 
Jo us1:*402!.' 
"such amount or such additional amount" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"110 per centum of such amount or 110 per centum of such additional 
amount". 
SEC. 3. (a) Section 5(f) (2) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 ties'!'''''"'' ^"""^' 
is amended by striking out "and 7 per centum of his or her compensa- 
^s use 228e. 
tion after December 31, 1946 (exclusive in both cases of compensa-
tion in excess of $300 for any month before July 1, 1954, and in the 
latter case in excess of $350 for any month after June 30, 1954)," and 
by inserting in lieu thereof the following: "plus 7 per centum of his 
or her compensation paid after December 31, 1946, and before Janu-
ary 1, 1959, plus 7y2 per centum of his or her compensation paid 
after December 31, 1958, and before January 1, 1962, plus 8 per 
centum of his or her compensation paid after December 31, 1961 
(exclusive of compensation in excess of $300 for any month before 
July 1, 1954, and in excess of $350 for any month after June 30, 1954, 
and before the calendar month next following the month in which 
this Act was amended in 1959, and in excess of $400 for any month 
after the month in w^hich this Act was so amended),". 
(b) Section 5(h) of such Act is amended by striking out "$33", 
"$176", and "$15.40" wherever they appear and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$36.30", "$193.60", and "$16.95", respectively. 
(c) Section 5(i)(l)(ii) of such Act is amended by striking out 
"or in which month he engaged on seven or more different calendar 
days in noncovered remunerative activity outside the United States 
(as defined in section 203(k) of the Social Security Act)" and insert- 
'*^ "^^ '^^^' 
ing in lieu thereof the following: "or, having engaged in any activity 
outside the United States, would be charged under such section 203(e) 
with any earnings derived from such activity if it had been an activity 
within the United States". 
(d) Clause (A) (i) of section 5(1) (9) of such Act is amended by 
Isvicuil'. 
striking out the word "and" appearing after "July 1, 1954," and by 
inserting after "June 30, 1954," the following: "and before the calen-
dar month next following the month in which this Act was amended 
in 1959, and any excess over $400 for any calendar month after the 
month in which this Act was so amended,". 
(e) Clause (A) (ii) of section 5(1) (9) of such Act is amended (1) 
by inserting "and before 1959" after "1954" where it first appears; (2) 
by inserting after "$4,200" where it first appears the following: ", or 
for any calendar year after 1958 is less than $4,800,"; (3) by striking 
out "$350" and inserting in lieu thereof "$400"; and (4) by striking 
out "and $4,200 for years after 1954, by" and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following: ", $4,200 for years after 1954 and before 1959, and 
$4,800 for yeai-s after 1958, by". 
(f) Section 5(1) (10) of such Act is amended by striking out 
« use 228e. 
"44", "11", "$350", "$15.40", "$36.66", "$27.50", and "$14.66" wherever 
they appear and inserting in lieu thereof "49", "12", "$400", "$16.95", 
"$40.33", "$30.25", and "$16.13", respectively. 
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45 u s e 228s-1. 
Veterans. 
72 Stat. 1136. 
A n n u i t y 
crease. 
45 u s e 228f. 
in-
45 u s e 228e. 
Effective dates. 
Recertificatlons. 
68A Stat. 431. 
26 u s e 3201. 
Employees. 
SEC. 4. Section 20 of the Kailroad Ketirement Act of 1937 is amended 
(1) by inserting " ( a ) " immediately after "SEC. 20."; and (2) by add-
ing at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(b) Pensions and annuities under this Act or the Railroad Retire-
ment Act of 1935 shall not be considered as income for the purposes 
of section 522 of title 38 of the United States Code." 
SEC. 5. All pensions under section 6 of the Railroad Retirement 
Act of 1937, all joint and survivor annuities and survivor annuities 
deriving from joint and survivor annuities under that Act awarded 
before the month next following the month of enactment of this Act, 
all widows' and widowers' insurance annuities which began to accrue 
before the second calendar month next following the month of such 
enactment, and which, in accordance with the proviso in section 5(a) 
or section 5(b) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, are payable 
in the amount of the spouse's annuity to which the widow or widower 
was entitled, and all annuities under the Railroad Retirement Act of 
1935, are increased by 10 per centum. 
SEC. 6. (a) The amendments made by section 1 (other than subsec-
tion (b) thereof), by subsections (a) and (c) of section 2, and by sub-
section (b) of section 3 shall be effective only with respect to annuities 
(not including annuities to which section 5 applies) accruing for 
months after the month of enactment of this Act. The amendment 
made by subsection (b) of section 1 and by subsection (c) of section 3 
shall be effective with respect to annuities accruing during the calendar 
year 1959 and subsequent calendar years. The amendment made by 
subsection (a) of section 3 shall be effective only with respect to lump-
sum payments (under section 5(f) (2) of the Railroad Retirement Act 
of 1937) in the case of deaths occurring after the month of enactment 
of this Act. The amendments made by subsection (f) of section 3 
shall be effective only with respect to annuities accruing for months 
after the month of enactment of this Act and lump-sum payments 
(under section 5(f) (1) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937) in 
the case of deaths occurring after the month of enactment of this Act. 
Sections 4 and 5 shall be effective only with respect to pensions due 
in calendar months after the month next following the month of 
enactment of this Act and annuities accruing for months after the 
month of enactment of this Act. 
(b) All recertifications required by reason of the amendments made 
by this part shall be made by the Railroad Retirement Board without 
application therefor. 
PART II—AMENDMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT TAX ACT 
SEC. 201. (a) Section 3201 of the Railroad Retirement Tax Act is 
amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 3201. RATE OF TAX. 
"In addition to other taxes, there is hereby imposed on the income 
of every employee a tax equal to— 
"(1) 6% percent of so much of the compensation paid to such 
employee for services rendered by him after the month in which 
this provision was amended in 1959, and before January 1, 1962, 
and 
"(2) 71/4 percent of so much of the compensation paid to such 
employee for services rendered by him after December 31, 1961, 
as is not in excess of $400 for any calendar month: Provided, 
That 
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the rate of tax imposed by this section shall be increased, \yith respect 
to compensation paid for services rendered after December 31, 1964, 
by a number of percentage points (including fractional points) equal 
at any given time to the number of percentage points (including 
fractional points) by which the rate of the tax imposed with respect 
to wages by section 3101 at such time exceeds the rate provided by 
paragraph (2) of such section 3101 as amended by the Social Security 
Amendments of 1956." 
(b) Section 3202(a) of the Railroad Retirement Tax Act is 
amended (1) by striking out "after December 31, 1954" wherever it 
appears and inserting in lieu thereof "after the month in which this 
provision was amended in 1959"; (2) by striking out "$350" wherever 
it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "$400"; (3) by striking out 
"after 1954" and inserting in lieu thereof "after the month in which 
this provision was amended in 1959". 
(c) Section 3211 of the Railroad Retirement Tax Act is amended 
to read as follows: 
'SEC. 3211. RATE OF TAX. 
"In addition to other taxes, there is hereby imposed on the income 
of each employee representative a tax equal to— 
"(1) 131/^ percent of so much of the compensation paid to 
such employee representative for services rendered by him after 
the month in which this provision was amended in 1959, and 
before January 1,1962, and 
"(2) 141/^ percent of so much of the compensation paid to such 
employee representative for services rendered by him after Decem-
ber 31, 1961, 
as is not in excess of $400 for any calendar month: Provided^ That the 
rate of tax imposed by this section shall be increased, with respect 
to compensation paid for services rendered after December 31, 1964, 
by a inimber of percentage points (including fractional points) 
equal at any given time to twice the number of percentage points 
(including fractional points) by which the rate of the tax imposed 
with respect to wages by section 3101 at such time exceeds the rate 
provided by paragraph (2) of such section 3101 as amended by the 
Social Security Amendments of 1956." 
(d)(1) Section 3221 of the Railroad Retirement Tax Act is 
amended by striking out "In addition to" and all that follows down 
through "$350" the first time it appears, and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following: 
"(a) In addition to other taxes, there is hereby imposed on every 
employer an excise tax, with respect to having individuals in his 
employ, equal to— 
"(1) 6% percent of so much of the compensation paid by such 
employer for services rendered to him after the month in which 
tliis provision was amended in 1959, and before January 1, 1962, 
and 
"(2) 71/4 percent of so much of the compensation paid by 
such employer for services rendered to him after December 31, 
1961, 
as is, with respect to any employee for any calendar month, not in 
excess of $400". 
(2) Such section 3221 is further amended (A) by striking out "after 
December 31, 1954" and "after 1954" wherever they appear in that 
section and inserting in lieu thereof "after the month in which this 
provision was amended in 1959"; (B) by striking out "$350" wherever 
68A Stat. 415. 
26 u s e 310.1. 
70 Stat. 845. 
68A Stat. 431. 
26 u s e 3202. 
68A Stat. 432. 
26 u s e 3211. 
Employee repre-
sentative. 
26 u s e 3101. 
26 u s e 3221. 
Employers. 
Excise tax. 
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26 u s e 3111. 
70 Stat. 845. 
Effective date. 
else it appears in that section and inserting in lieu thereof "$400",; 
and (C) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(b) The rate of tax imposed by subsection (a) shall be increased, 
with respect to compensation paid for services rendered after December 
31, 1964, by a number of percentage points (including fractional 
points) equal at any given time to the number of percentage points 
(including fractional points) by which the rate of the tax imposed 
with respect to wages by section 3111 at such time exceeds the rate 
provided by paragraph (2) of such section 3111 as amended by the 
Ibocial Security Amendments of 1956." 
SEC. 202. The amendments made by section 201 shall, except as 
otherwise provided in such amendments, be effective as of the first day 
of the calendar month next following the month in which this Act 
was enacted, and shall apply only with respect to compensation paid 
after the month of such enactment, for services rendered after such 
month of enactment. 
Comp e n s at ion 
base. 
52 Stat. 
10 95; 
68 Stat. 104 1. 
45 u s e 35 1. 
Daily 
b e n e f i t 
rates. 
45 u s e 352. 
T e m p e r ary ex-
t e n s i o n of bene-
fits. 
45 u s e 228a. 
PART III—AMENDMENTS TO THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE ACT 
SEC. 301. (a) Section l(i) of the Railroad Unemployment Insur-
ance Act is amended by striking out the proviso in the first sentence 
and inserting in lieu thereof ": Provided^ Iwwever^ That in comput-
ing the compensation paid to any employee, no part of any month's 
compensation in excess of $300 for any month before July 1, 1954, 
or in excess of $350 for any month after June 30,1954, and before the 
calendar month next following the month in which this Act was 
amended in 1959, or in excess of $400 for any month after the month 
in which this Act was so amended, shall be recognized". 
(b) The first proviso of section l(k) of the Railroad Unemploy-
ment Insurance Act is amended by striking out "$400" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "$500". 
SEC. 302. (a) Section 2(a) of the Railroad Unemployment Insur-
ance Act is amended by striking out the language between " ( i ) " and 
"(ii)" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "for each day of 
unemployment in excess of four during any registration period, and". 
(b) Section 2(a) of such Act is further amended by striking out 
columns I and II and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"Column I 
Column II 
Total Compensation 
Daily Benefit Rate 
$500 to $699.99 
$4. 50 
700 to 
999.99 
5.00 
1,000 to 1,299.99 
5. 50 
1,300 to 1,599.99 
6. 00 
1,600 to 1,899.99 
6. 50 
1,900 to 2,199.99 
7. 00 
2,200 to 2,499.99 
7. 50 
2,500 to 2,799.99 
8. 00 
2,800 to 3,099.99 
8. 50 
3,100 to 3,499.99 
9. 00 
3,500 to 3,999.99 
9. 50 
4,000 and over 
10.20". 
(c) The proviso in such section 2(a) is amended by striking out 
"50" and "$8.50" and inserting in lieu thereof "60" and "$10.20", 
respectively. 
SEC. 303. (a) Section 2(c) of the Railroad Unemployment Insur-
ance Act is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and 
inserting in lieu of such period a colon and the following: ^'•ATUI pro-
vided further^ That, with respect to an employee who has ten or 
more years of service as defined in section 1(f) of the Railroad 
Retirement Act of 1937, who did not voluntarily leave work without 
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good cause or voluntarily retire, and who had current rights to normal 
benefits for days of unemployment in a benefit year but has exhausted 
such rights, the benefit year in which such rights are exhausted shall 
be deemed not to be ended until the last day of the extended benefit 
period determined under the following schedule, and the maximum 
number of days of, and amount of payment for, unemployment within 
such benefit year for which benefits may be paid to the employee shall 
be enlarged to include all compensable days of unemployment within 
such extended benefit period: 
The extended benefit period sliall begin 
on the first day of unemployment fol-
lowing the day on which the employee 
exhausted his then current rights to 
normal benefits for days of unemploy-
ment and shall continue for successive 
fourteen-day periods (each of which 
periods shall constitute a registration 
period) 
until 
the 
number 
of 
such 
fourteen-day periods totals— 
7 (but not more than 65 days) 
13 
"If the employee's 'years of 
service' total— 
10 and less than 15 
15 and over 
but no such extended benefit period shall extend beyond the beginning 
of the first registration period in a benefit year in which the employee 
is again qualified for benefits in accordance with section 3 of this Act 
on the basis of compensation earned after the first of such successive 
fourteen-day periods has begun. 
For an employee who has ten or 
more years of service, who did not voluntarily leave work without 
good cause or voluntarily retire, who has fourteen or more consecutive 
days of unemployment, and who is not a 'qualified employee' for the 
general benefit year current when such unemployment commences but 
is or becomes a 'qualified employee' for the next succeeding general 
benefit year, such succeeding benefit year shall, in his case, begin on 
the first day of the month in which such unemployment commences." 
{])) An employee who has less than ten years of service as defined 
in section 1(f) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, and who has 
after June 30, 1957, and before April 1, 1959, exhausted (within the 
meaning prescribed by the Railroad Retirement Board by regulation) 
his rights to unemployment benefits, shall be paid unemployment 
benefits for days of unemployment, not exceeding sixty-five, which 
occur in registration periods beginning on or after June 19, 1958, and 
before Jvily 1,1959, and which would not be days with respect to which 
he would be held entitled otherwise to receive unemployment benefits 
under the Railroad TJnemployment Insurance Act, except that an 
employee who has filed, and established, a first claim for benefits under 
the Temporary Unemployment Compensation Act of 1958 may not 
thereafter establish a claim under this subsection, and an employee who 
has registered for, and established a claim for benefits under this sub-
section may not thereafter establish a claim under the Temporary 
ITnemployment Compensation Act of 1958. Except to the extent 
inconsistent with this subsection, the provisions of the Railroad Unem-
ployment Insurance Act shall be applicable in the administration of 
this subsection. 
(c) The Secretary of Labor, upon request, shall furnish the Board 
information deemed necessary by the Board for the administration of 
the provisions of subsection (b) hereof, and the Board, upon request, 
sliall furnish the Secretary of Labor information deemed necessary 
by the Secretary for the administration of the Temporary Unemploy-
ment Compensation Act of 1958. 
SEC. 304. Section 3 of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance x\ct 
is amended by striking out "$400" and inserting in lieu thereof "$500". 
SEC. 305. Section 4(a-2) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 
Act is amended by striking out subdivision (iv), and by striking out holidays" 
45 u s e 228a. 
52 Stat. 1094. 
45 u s e 367. 
72 Stat. 
42 U S 
note. 
171. 
: 
1 4 0 0 
dit 
45 u s e 353. 
Qualifying 
eon-
tlon. 
45 u s e 354. 
Sunda^iTs 
a n d 
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Employer's con-
tributions. 
45 u s e 358. 
Employee repre-
sentatives' 
c o n -
tributions. 
45 u s e 360. 
T r a n s f e r of 
funds. 
the semicolon at the end of subdivision (iii) and inserting in lieu 
thereof a period. 
SEC. 306. Section 8(a) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 
Act is amended (1) by inserting after "June 30, 1954" where it first 
appears the following: ", and before the calendar month next follow-
ing the month in which this Act was amended in 1959, and is not 
in excess of $400 for any calendar month paid by him to any employee 
for services rendered to him after the month in which this Act was 
so amended"; (2) by inserting after "June 30, 1954" w^here it appears 
for the second time the following: ", and before the calendar month 
next following the month in which this Act was amended in 1959, 
and to not more than $400 for any month after the month in which 
this Act was so amended"; (3) by inserting after "June 30, 1954" 
were it appears for the third time the following: ", and before the 
calendar month next following the month in which this Act was 
amended in 1959, or less than $400 if such month is after the month 
in which this Act was so amended"; (4) by striking out "Decem-
ber 31, 1947" in paragraph 2 and inserting in lieu thereof "the month 
in which this Act was amended in 1959"; and (5) by striking out the 
table (except the column headings) in such paragraph 2 and inserting 
in lieu thereof the following: 
Percent 
.$450,000,000 or more 
li/a 
$400,000,000 or more but less than $450,000,000 
2 
.$350,000,000 or more but less than $400,000,000 
21/2 
.$300,000,000 or more but less than $350,000,000 
3 
Less than $300,000,000 
3%". 
SEC. 307. Section 8(b) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 
Act is amended (1) by striking out "3 per centum" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "3% per centum"; and (2) by inserting before the period 
at the end of the first sentence the following: ", and before the cal-
endar month next following the month in which this Act was amended 
in 1959, and as is not in excess of $400 paid to him for services rendered 
as an employee representative in any calendar month after the month 
in which this Act was so amended". 
SEC. 308. (a) Subsection (d) of section 10 of the Railroad Unem-
ployment Insurance Act be amended to read as follows: 
"(d) Whenever the Board finds at any time that the balance in 
the railroad unemployment insurance account will be insufficient to 
pay the benefits and refunds which it estimates are due, or will become 
due, under this Act, it shall request the Secretary of the Treasury 
to transfer from the Railroad Retirement Account to the credit of 
the railroad unemployment insurance account such moneys as the 
Board estimates would be necessary for the payment of such benefits 
and refunds, and the Secretary shall make such transfer. 
Whenever 
the Board finds that the balance in the railroad unemployment insur-
ance account, without regard to the amounts transferred pursuant to 
the next preceding sentence, is sufficient to pay such benefits and 
refunds, it shall request the Secretary of the Treasury to retransfer 
from the railroad unemployment insurance account to the credit of 
the Railroad Retirement Account such moneys as in its judgment are 
not needed for the payment of such benefits and refunds, plus interest 
at the rate of 3 per centum per annum, and the Secretary shall make 
such retransfer. 
In determining the balance in the railroad unem-
ployment insurance account as of September 30 of any year pursuant 
to section 8(a) of this Act, any moneys transferred from the Railroad 
Retirement Account to the credit of the railroad unemployment insur-
ance account which have not been retransferred as of such date from 
the latter account to the credit of the former, plus the interest accrued 
thereon to that date, shall be disregarded." 
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(b) The amendment made by this section shall take effect on the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 309. The amendments made by section 301 (b) shall be effective 
with respect to days in registration periods beginning after June 30, 
1959. The amendments made by sections 302, 303(a), and 305 shall 
be effective with respect to benefits accruing in general benefit years 
which begin after the benefit year ending June 30, 1958, and in ex-
tended benefit periods which begin after December 31, 1957. The 
amendment made by section 304 shall be effective with respect to base 
years after the base year ending December 31, 1957. The amend-
ments made by clauses (4) and (5) of section 306 and clause (1) of 
section 307 shall be effective as of the first day of the calendar month 
next following the month in which this Act was enacted, and shall 
apply only with respect to compensation paid for services rendered in 
calendar months after the month in which this Act was enacted.. 
Approved May 19, 1959. 
Effective! dates. 
Public Law 86-29 
AN ACT 
To provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the one hundredth 
anniversary of the first significant discovery of silver in the United States, 
June 18.J9. 
May 20, 1959 
[S. 1559] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That in commem-
oration of the one hundredth anniversary of the first significant dis-
covery of silver in the year 1859 the Secretary of the Treasury is 
authorized and directed to strike and furnish to the Nevada Silver 
Centennial Committee one thousand silver medals one and five-
sixteenths inches in diameter, with suitable emblems, devices, and 
inscriptions to be determined by the Secretary. The medals shall 
be considered to be national medals within the meaning of section 3551 
of the Eevised Statutes. 
SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause such medals 
to be struck and furnished at not less than the estimated cost of manu-
facture, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and over-
head expenses; and security satisfactory to the Director of the Mint 
shall be furnished to indemnify the United States for the full payment 
of such cost. 
(b) Upon authorization from the Nevada Silver Centennial Com-
mittee, the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause duplicates in silver 
of such medal to be coined and sold, under such regulations as he 
may prescribe, at a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof (including 
labor). 
Approved May 20, 1959. 
Silver. 
C o m menioration 
medal. 
31 u s e 368. 
Public Law 86-30 
AN ACT 
Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending .Tune 30, 1959, 
and for other purposes. 
May 20, 1959 
[H. R. 5916] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^semhled^ That the following 
second suppie-
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- at!on^A^t!"i959^.'^" 
wise appropriated, to supply supplemental appropriations (this Act