An Act to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, and the Railroad Retirement Tax Act to make certain technical changes, to provide for-survivor benefits to children ages 18 to 21, inclusive, and for other purposes.
PL 89-700 (H.R.14355), enacted 10/30/1966

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ing under this subsection in such month, the excess may be carried for-
ward for credit against such taxes accruing in subsequent months but 
the total credit allowed by this paragraph to an employer shall not 
exceed the total of the taxes on such employer imposed by this sub-
section. At the end of each calendar quarter the Railroad Retirement 
Board shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to 
each such employer the amount of credit accruing to such employer 
under this paragraph during such quarter and shall notify such em-
ployer as to the amount so certified." 
(f) The amendments made by subsections (d) and (e) of this sec- 
Effective date. 
tion shall be effective with respect to man-hours, for sixty months be-
ginning with the first month following enactment of this Act, for 
which compensation is paid. 
Approved October 30, 1966. 
Public Law 89-700 
AN ACT 
October 30, 1966 
To amend the Railroad. Retirement Act of 1937, the Railroad Unemployment 
[H. R. 14355] 
Insurance Act, and the Railroad Retirement Tax Act to make certain tech-
nical changes, to provide for survivor benefits to children ages eighteen to 
twenty-one, inclusive, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Reyresentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, 
,. Railroad Re-
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tirement Act of 
1937, Railroad 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO T H E RAILROAD 
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Insurance Act, 
RETIREMENT ACT 
OF 
1937 
and Railroad Re-
tirement Tax Act, 
SEC. 101. (a) Section 1(e) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 
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is amended by striking out", Alaska, Hawaii,". 
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(b) The third sentence of section 1(h) (1) of such Act is amended 
by striking out "subsections (a), (c), and (d) of section 2 and sub-
section (a) of section 5" and inserting in lieu thereof "sections 2 and 
5"; and by striking out "(1)" and "(2)" and inserting in lieu thereof 
" ( i ) " and "(ii)", respectively. 
(c) Section l(q) of such Act is amended by striking out "in 1965" 
79 stat. 4oo. 
and inserting in lieu thereof "from time to time". 
SEC. 102. ^ (a) Section 2(a) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 
^o stat. 728. 
IS amended by striking out from the third sentence of the last para-
graph thereof the phrase "the month" and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following: "the second month following the month . 
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(^) Section 2(e) of such Act is amended— 
(1) by striking out from clause (ii) "who, if her husband were 
then to die, would be entitled to a child's annuity under subsec-
tion (c) of section 5" and inserting in lieu thereof "who meets 
the qualifications prescribed in section 5 (1) (1) (without regard to 
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^j^g provisions of clause (ii) (B) thereof J"; and 
(2) by striking out the words "from time to time" immediately 
before the colon preceding the first proviso. 
(c) Section 2(g) of such Act is amended by striking out "who, if 
her husband were then to die, would be entitled to an annuity under 
subsection (c) of section 5" and inserting in lieu thereof "who meets 
the qualifications prescribed in section 5(1) (1) (without regard to the 
provisions of clause (ii) (B) thereof)". 
(d) Section 2 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subsection: 
"(j) In cases where an annuity awarded under subsection (a) 
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(3) or (h) of this section is increased either by a recomputation 
or a change in the law, the reduction for the increase in the 
annuity shall be determined separately and the period with re-
spect to which the reduction applies shall be determined as if 
such increase were a separate annuity payable for and after the 
first month for which such increase is effective." 
SEC. 103. (a) Section 3(b)(1) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 
1937 is amended by striking out the phrase "after January 1, 1937" 
wherever it appears in said section and inserting in lieu thereof 
"subsequent to December 31,1936". 
(b) Section 3(c) of such Act is amended by inserting after the 
last sentence thereof the following new sentence: "Where an employee 
claims credit for months of service rendered within two years prior 
to his retirement from the service of an employer, with respect to 
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which the employer's return pursuant to section 8 of this Act has 
not been entered on the records of the Board before the employee's 
annuity could otherwise be certified for payment, the Board may, in 
its discretion (subject to subsequent adjustment at the request of the 
employee) include such months in the computation of the annuity 
without further verification and may consider the compensation 
for such months to be the average of the compensation for months 
in the last period for which the employer has filed a return of the 
compensation of such employee and such return has been entered 
on the records of the Board." 
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(^) (^) Sectiou 3(e) of such Act is amended by striking out from 
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the first proviso in the first paragraph the following: "is less than 110 
[)er centum of the amount, or 110 per centum of the additional 
amount", and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "is less than the 
total amount, or the additional amount, plus 10 per centum of the total 
amount"; by inserting the word "and" before "women entitled to 
spouses' annuities"; by striking out from such proviso "and individ-
uals entitled to insurance annuities under subsection (c) of section 5 
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on the basis of disability to be less than eighteen years of age''; and 
by striking out the last comma from such proviso and all that follows 
in such proviso and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "shall be 
increased proportionately to such total amount, or such additional 
amount, plus 10 per centum of such total amount." 
(2) The said section 3(e) is further amended by striking out 
•'entire"; and by inserting before the period at the end of the first 
paragraph " : Provided further, That if an annuity accrues to an indi-
vidual for a part of a month, the amount payable for such part of a 
month under the preceding proviso shall be one-thirtieth of the amount 
payable under the proviso for an entire month, multiplied by the num-
ber of days in such part of a month". 
(d) Paragraph (5) of section 3(f) of such Act is amended by in- 
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serting after the phrase "the Social Security Act" the following: ", as 
in effect before 1957,". 
(e) Section 3 (g) of such Act is amended by adding at the end there- 
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of the following: "In cases where an individual entitled to an annuity 
under this Act disappears, no annuity shall accrue to him or to his 
spouse as such with respect to any month until and unless such in-
dividual is shown, by evidence satisfactory to the Board, to have con-
tinued in life throughout such month. Where an annuity would ac-
crue for months under section 2(a) for such individual, and under 
section 2(e) for such individual's spouse, had he been shown to be '^s use 228b. 
alive during such months, he shall be deemed, for the purposes of 
benefits under section 5, to have died in the month in which he dis- Polt^p\llT.'' 
appeared and to have been completely insured: Provided, 
however, 
That if he is later determined to have been alive during any of such 
months, recovery of any benefits paid on the basis of his compensation 
under section 5 for the months in which he was not known to be alive, 
minus the total of the amounts that would have been paid as a spouse's 
annuity during such months (treating the application for a widow's 
annuity as an application for a spouse's annuity), shall be made in 
accordance with the provisions of section 9." 
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(f) Section 3 (i) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
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"(i) If the amount of any annuity computed under this sec-
tion (other than the proviso of subsection (e)), under section 2 
(other than a spouse's annuity payable in the maximum amount), 
and under section 5, does not, after any adjustment, end in a digit 
denoting 5 cents, it shall be raised so that it will end in such a 
digit. 
If the amount of any annuity under this Act (other than 
an annuity ending in a digit denoting 5 cents pursuant to the next 
preceding sentence) is not, after any adjustment, a multiple of 
$0.10, it shall be raised to the next higher multiple of $0.10." 
SEC. 104. Section 4 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 is 60^813^729°^'^' 
amended by redesignating subsections "(i)", "(J)"? "(k)", and "(1)" 
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as "(h)", "(i)", "(j)", and "(k)", respectively; by redesignating sub-
sections " ( n ) " , " ( o ) " , " ( p ) " , " (q)", and " (r)" as " (1)"," (m)"," (n)", 
" (o)", and "(p)", respectively; by striking out the phrase "subsection 
(k)" in subsection " ( k ) " as redesignated, and inserting in lieu thereof 
"subsection (j)"; and by striking out "(p) (1)" in subsection "(1)" 
as redesignated and inserting in lieu thereof " (n) (1)". 
SEC. 105. (a) The first sentence of section 5(b) of the Railroad 
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Ketirement Act of 1937 is amended by striking out "employee entitled 
to receive an annuity under subsection (c)" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "employee, which child (without regard to the provisions of 
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subsection (I) (1) (ii) (B)) is entitled to receive an annuity under sub-
section (c),". 
(b)(1) The second sentence of such section 5(b) is amended by 
striking out "no child of the deceased employee is entitled" and in-
serting in lieu thereof "no child of the deceased employee (without 
regard to the provisions of subsection (1) (1) (ii) (B)) is entitled". 
(2) The proviso in said section 5(b) and the proviso in section 
5(a) are each amended by striking out the words "subsection (e) of", 
(c) Section 5(f) (1) of such Act is amended (1) by striking out the 
second sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"If there be no such widow or widower, such lump sum shall be paid— 
" (i) if all or part of the burial expenses of such insured individ-
ual which are incurred by or through a funeral home or funeral 
homes remain unpaid, to such funeral home or funeral homes to 
the extent of such unpaid expenses, but only if (A) any person 
who assumed the responsibility for the payment of all or any 
part of such burial expenses files an application, prior to the ex-
piration of two years after the date of death of such insured in-
dividual, requesting that such payment be made to such funeral 
home or funeral homes, or (B) at least ninety days have elapsed 
after the date of death of such insured individual and prior to 
the expiration of such ninety days no person has assumed respon-
sibility for the payment of any of such burial expenses; 
"(ii) if all of the burial expenses of such insured individual 
which were incurred by or through a funeral home or funeral 
homes have been paid (including payments made under clause 
(i)), to any person or persons, equitably entitled thereto, to the 
extent and in the proportions that he or they shall have paid 
such burial expenses; or 
"(iii) if any part of the amount payable under this subsection 
remains after payments have been made pursuant to clauses (i) 
and (ii), to any person or persons, equitably entitled thereto, to 
the extent and in the proportions that he or they shall have paid 
other expenses in connection with the burial of such insured indi-
vidual, in the following order of priority: (A) expenses of open-
ing and closing the grave of such insured individual, (B) expenses 
of providing the burial plot of such insured individual, and (C) 
any remaining expenses in connection with the burial of such 
insured individual.", 
and (2) by striking out from the third sentence thereof all after the 
phrase "this paragraph" where it appears the second time in such 
sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "to the widow or 
widower to whom a lump sum would have been payable under this 
paragraph except for the fact that a monthly benefit under this section 
was payable for the month in which the employee died and who will 
not have died before receiving payment of such lump sum." 
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(d) (1) Sectiou 5(f) (2) of such Act is amended by inserting after 
"1961" the following: ", and before January 1, 1966, plus an amount 
equal to the total of all employee taxes payable by him or her after 
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December 31,1965, under the provisions of section 3201 of the Railroad 
Retirement Tax Act, plus one-half of 1 per centum of the compensa- l^ ^*^^- ^^^ ^ 
tion on which such taxes were payable, deeming the compensation at-
tributable to creditable military service rendered after June 30, 1963, 
to be taxable compensation, and one-half of the taxes payable by an 
employee representative under section 3211 of the Railroad Retire-
ment Tax Act to be employee taxes payable under section 3201 of such 
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Act". The said section 5(f)(2) is further amended by striking out 
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the colon before the proviso and inserting in lieu thereof the follow-
ing: "(for this purpose, payments to providers of services under sec-
tion 21 of this Act and the amount of the employee tax attributable to 
so much in tax rate as is derived from section 3101 (b) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1954, shall be disregarded) :". 
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(2) The said section 5(f)(2) is further amended by striking out 
the phrase "upon attaining retirement age (as defined in section 
216(a) of the Social Security Act)" wherever it appears and inserting 
in lieu thereof "upon attaining the age of eligibility". 
(e) Section 5(g) of such Act is amended by striking out paragraph 
(3) thereof. 
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(f) Section 5(i) of such Act is amended by inserting in paragraph 
3(i) after "Retirement Acts" the following: "as in effect before 1947" yj^stat^'irso^' 
and by striking out the word "and"; by inserting after "employee" in 
paragraph 3(ii) "before 1947", and by changing the period to a semi-
colon and inserting thereafter the word "and"; by inserting after para-
graph 3(ii) the following: "(iii) any lump-sum benefit, paid to the 
same person, with respect to the death of such employee under sub-
section (f)(2)"; and by inserting after paragraph (3) thereof the 
following new paragraph: 
"(4) Any annuity for a month prior to the month in which 
application is filed shall be reduced, to any extent that may be 
necessary, so that it will not render erroneous any annuity which, 
before the filing of such application, the Board has certified for 
payment for such prior month."; 
and by changing "(4)" to "(5)" in the last paragraph thereof. 
(g) Section 5(i) (1) (ii) of such Act is amended by inserting before 
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"; or" the following: ": Provided, however, That in determining an 
individual's excess earnings for a year for the purposes of this section 
and section 3(e) there shall not be included his income from employ-
ment or self-employment during months beginning with the month 
with respect to which he ceases to be qualified for an annuity or ceases, 
without regard to the effect of excess earnings, to be included in the 
computation under section 3(e)". 
(h) Section 5(j) of such Act is amended by inserting before the 
period at the end thereof the following: ": Provided, hotoever, That 
the annuity of a child qualified under subsection (l)(l)(ii)(C) of this 
section shall cease to be payable with the month preceding the third 
month following the month in which he ceases to be unable to engage 
in any regular employment by reason of a permanent physical or 
mental condition unless in the month herein first mentioned he quali-
fies for an annuity under one of the other provisions of this Act". 
(i) Section 5(k) (1) of such Act is amended by striking out "sec-
tion 210(a) (10)" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 210(a) (9)". 
(j)(l) Section 5(l)(l)(ii) of such Act is amended by striking f^^%^^^^^\^^^'' 
out "or uncle" and inserting in lieu thereof "uncle, brother or sister". 
(2) The said section 5(l)(l)(ii) is further amended by striking 
out "and shall be less than eighteen years of age, or shall have a 
permanent physical or mental condition which is such that he is 
unable to engage in any regular employment: Provided, That such 
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72 Stat. 1778. 
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disability began before the child attains age eighteen; and" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the following: "and— 
"(A) shall be less than eighteen years of age; or 
"(B) shall be less than twenty-two years of age and a full-time 
student at an educational institution (determined as prescribed in 
this paragraph); or 
"(C) shall, without regard to his age, be unable to engage in 
any regular employment by reason of a permanent physical or 
mental condition which began before he attained age eighteen, 
and". 
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(^) Sectiou 5(1) (1) of such Act is further amended (i) by insert-
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iug before'tlie period at the end of the second sentence thereof the 
following: ", or if such widow or widower would be paid benefits, 
as such, under title II of the Social Security Act but for the fact that 
the employee died insured under this x\ct''; (ii) by inserting after 
"subsection (f) of section 2" in the fourth sentence thereof the follow-
ing: "and subsection (f) of section 3''; (iii) by inserting after such 
fourth sentence the following new sentence: "In determining for pur-
poses of this section and subsection (f) of section 3 whether an appli-
cant is the grandchild, brother, or sister of an employee as claimed, the 
rules set forth in section 216(h) (1) of the Social Security Act, as in 
effect prior to 1957, shall be applied the same as if such persons were 
included in such section 216(h) (1)."; (iv) by changing the semicolon 
at the end thereof to a period and inserting thereafter the following: 
"The provisions of paragraph (8) of section 202(d) of the Social 
Security Act (defining the terms 'full-time student' and 'educational 
iiistitution") shall be applied by the Boai'd in the administration of 
this section as if the references therein to the Secretary were references 
to the Board. For puiposes of the last sentence of subsection (j) of 
this section, a child entitled to a child's insurance annuity only on the 
basis of being a full-time student described in clause (ii) (B) of this 
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paragraph shall cease to be qualified therefor in the first month during 
no part of which he is a full-time student, or the month in which he 
attains age 22, whichever first occurs. A child whose entitlement to 
a child's insurance annuity, on the basis of the compensation of an 
insured individual, terminated with the month preceding the month 
in which such child attained age eighteen, or with a subsequent month, 
may again become entitled to such an annuity (providing no event to 
disqualify the child has occurred) beginning with the first month 
thereafter in which he is a full-time student and has not attained the 
age of twenty-two, if he has filed an application for such reentitle-
ment."; and (v) by striking out the semicolon from the end of para-
graphs "(2)'', "(3)", "(5)", "(7)", and "(9)" and inserting in lieu 
thereof a period. 
(k) Section 5(1) (9) of such Act is amended by inserting after 
the last sentence of the first paragraph thereof the following new 
sentence: "In any case where credit is claimed for months of service 
within two years prior to the death of the employee who rendered 
such service, with respect to which the employer's return pursuant to 
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section 8 of this Act has not been entered on the records of the Board 
before a benefit under this section could otherwise be certified for 
payment, the Board may, hi its discretion (subject to subsequent 
adjustment at the request of the survivor) include the compensation 
for such months in the computation of the benefit without further 
A'erification and may consider the compensation for such months to be 
the average of the compensation for months in the last period for 
which the employer has filed a return of the compensation of such 
employee." 
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SEC. 106. Section 8 of the Railroad Eetirement Act of 1937 is go^staS^'vas'^' 
amended by striking out from the first sentence the phrase "under 
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oath"; and by striking out from the second sentence the phrase 
"claimed to will have been paid" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"claimed to have been paid". 
SEC. 107. (a) Thefirst sentence of section 9(a) of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act of 1937 is amended by inserting after "individual", 
where it appears the third time, the following: "or, on the basis of 
the same compensation, any other individual,". 
(b) The second sentence of such section 9(a) is amended by strik-
ing out the phrase "such individual" where it first appears in such 
sentence, and inserting in lieu thereof "the individual to whom more 
than the correct amount has been paid". 
SEC. 108. Section 10 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 is 
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amended (i) by inserting after the seventh sentence of subsection (b)4 
the following new sentence: "Subject to the provisions of this sub-
section, the Board may furnish information from such records and 
data to any person or organization upon payment by such person or 
organization to the Board of the cost incurred by the Board by reason 
thereof; and the amounts so paid to the Board shall be credited to 
the Railroad Retirement Account."; and (ii) by inserting after the 
end of such section 10 the following new paragraph: 
"6. In addition to the powers and duties expressly provided, 
the Board shall have and exercise with respect to the administra-
tion of this Act such of the powers, duties, and remedies provided 
in subsections (d), (m), and (n) of section 12 of the Railroad Un-
employment Insurance Act as are not inconsistent with the ex- 6o^stat^V4y°^' 
press provisions of this Act." 
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SEC. 109. (a) Section 19(a) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 
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is amended by striking out the proviso and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following: '•''Provided^ however^ That, regardless of the legal com-
petency or incompetency of an individual entitled to a benefit (under 
any Act administered by the Board), the Board may, if it finds the 
interest of such individual to be served thereby, recognize actions by, 
and conduct transactions with, and make payments to, such individual, 
or recognize actions by, and conduct transactions with, and make pay-
ments to, a relative or some other person for such individual's use 
and benefit." 
(b) The first sentence of section 19(b) of such Act is amended by 
inserting after "in the manner and to the extent prescribed by the 
Board," the following: "but subject to the provisions of the preceding 
subsection,". 
SEC. 110. Section 20 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 is 
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amended by striking out" (a)" after "SEC. 20.". 
SEC. 111. Section 202 of part I I of such Act is amended by striking 
out" (g) to (1)" and inserting in lieu thereof " (g) to (k)". 
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DATES 
SEC. 112. (a) The amendments made by the several sections of this 
title shall be effective on the enactment date of this Act except as 
otherwise provided herein. 
(b) The amendments made by sections 102(a) and 105(h) shall 
be effective with respect to determinations of recovery from disability 
made on or after the enactment date of this Act. 
(c) The amendments made by sections 102(b) and 102(c) shall 
be effective with respect to months after the month of enactment. 
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(d) The amendments made by section 102(d) shall be effective 
with respect to recomputations made, or changes in law enacted, on or 
after the enactment date of this Act, 
(e) The amendments made by sections 103(b) and 105 (k) shall 
be effective with respect to annuities awarded on or after the enact-
ment date of this Act. 
(f) The amendments made by section 103(c) (1) shall be effective 
with respect to annuities accruing in or after the month of enactment. 
(g) The amendments made by sections 103(c)(2), 103(f), and 
105(f) shall be effective with respect to awards made on or after the 
enactment date of this Act. 
(h) The amendments made by section 103(e) shall be effective with 
respect to months after the month in which this Act is enacted. 
(i) The amendments made by sections 105(a), 105(b)(1), and 
105(j)(2) shall be effective with respect to annuities accruing for 
months after 1964 where, pursuant to the next sentence, no application 
for the annuity is required or, if required, such application is filed 
within one year after the month of enactment of this Act; otherwise, 
the twelve-month limitation on retroactivity, provided for in section 
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5(j) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, shall apply. 
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case oi an mdividual who is not entitled to a child s insurance annuity 
under section 5(c) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 for the 
month in which this Act is enacted, such amendments shall apply 
only on the basis of an application filed in or after the month in which 
this Act is enacted; except that no application shall be required of a 
child age eighteen to twenty-one, inclusive, with respect to whom the 
Board has information on the date of enactment of this Act of his 
eligibility for an annuity under the amendments made by section 
105(j) (2) of this Act through the application of section 3(e) of the 
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Rallroad Retirement Act of 1937. 
(j) The amendments made by section 105(c) (1) shall be effective 
with respect to lump-sum payments awarded on or after the enactment 
date of this Act. 
(k) The amendments made by section 105(c) (2) shall be effective 
with respect to deaths occurring in or after the twelfth month preced-
ing the month of enactment. 
(1) The amendments made by section 105(d) (1) shall be effective 
with respect to deaths occurring on or after the enactment date of this 
Act. 
(m) The amendments made by section 105 (g) shall be effective with 
respect to deductions made in the calendar year 1966 and thereafter. 
(n) The amendments made by section 105(j) (1) shall be effective 
with respect to annuities under section 5(c) of the Railroad Retire-
ment Act for months after the month in which this Act is enacted; 
except that in the case of an individual who was not entitled to an 
annuity under section 5(c) of such Act for the month in which this 
Act was enacted, such amendment shall apply only on the basis of an 
application filed in or after the month in which this Act is enacted. 
(o) The amendment made by section 105(j) (3) (i) shall be effec-
tive with respect to annuities for months after the month of enactment 
of this Act. 
No lump-sum benefit under section 5(f) (2) of the Rail-
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^^^^ Retirement Act of 1937 shall be awarded after the date of enact-
ment of this Act in any case in which an individual survives who would 
be entitled to an annuity under the amendment made by this section 
unless such individual executes an election in accordance with such 
section 5(f) (2) before attainment of age 60 to have such benefit paid 
in lieu of other benefits. 
73 Stat. 30. 
52 Stat. 1096. 
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TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO T H E RAILEOAD 
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT 
SEC. 201. (a) Section l(i) of the Railroad Unemployment In-
surance Act is amended by striking out "section 8" and inserting in 
^° ^*«*- ''22. 
lieu thereof "section 6 of this Act". 
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(b) Section l(k) of such Act is amended by striking out "$500" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "$750". 
(c) Sections l(s) and l(t) of such Act are each amended by strik-
ing out", Alaska, Hawaii,". 
SEC. 202. (a) Section 2(a) of the Railroad Unemployment Insur-
ance Act is amended by striking out the first line from the table thereof 
and by substituting "$750" for "700" in the second line of such table. 
(b) Section 2(g) of such Act is amended by striking out all of said 
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section after "whom any" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"accrued annuities under section 3(f) (1) of the Railroad Retirement 
Act of 1937 are paid. 
In the event that no such accrued annuities are 
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paid, and if application for such accrued benefits is filed prior to the 
expiration of two years after the death of the individual to whom such 
benefits accrued, such accrued benefits shall be paid, upon certification 
by the Board, to the individual or individuals who would be entitled 
thereto under section 3(f) (1) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 
if such accrued benefits were accrued annuities. 
If there is no individ-
ual to whom all or any part of such accrued benefits can be paid in 
accordance with the foregoing provisions, such benefits or part thereof 
shall escheat to the credit of the account." 
SEC. 203. The first sentence of section 6 of the Railroad Unemploy-
ment Insurance Act is amended by striking out the phrase "under 
oath". 
SEC. 204. (a) Section 8(b) of the Railroad Unemployment Insur-
ance Act is amended by striking out " 3 % per centum" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "4 per centum". 
(b) Section 8(h) of such Act is amended by striking out "section 
1800 or 2700 of the Internal Revenue Code, and the provisions of 
section 3661 of such code" and inserting in lieu thereof "the provisions 
of the Railroad Retirement Tax Act". 
SEC. 205. Sections 10(a) and 11(a) of the Railroad Unemployment 
Insurance Act are each amended by striking out "0.2 per centum" 
^2 s'^'. 5 78. 
and inserting in lieu thereof "0.25 per centum". 
36i. 
SEC. 206. Section 12 of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act 
is amended by adding at the end of subsection (d) thereof the follow- 
^ use'362°^ 
ing new sentence: "Subject to the provisions of this section, the Board 
may furnish such information to any person or organization upon 
payment by such person or organization to the Board of the cost 
incurred by the Board by reason thereof; and the amounts so paid 
to the Board shall be credited to the railroad unemployment insurance 
administration fund established pursuant to section 11(a) of this 
Act."; and by striking out "section 3(a)" from subsection (g) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "section 3". 
54 Stat. 1099. 
45 u s e 356. 
73 Stat. 32. 
45 u s e 358. 
60 Stat. 739. 
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PUBLIC LAW 89-700-OCT. 30, 1966 
[80 STAT. 
TITLE 
III—AMENr)MP:NTS 
TO 
THE 
RAILROAD 
RETIRE-
MENT 
ACT, 
THE 
RAILROAD 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
INSUR-
ANCE ACT, 
AND THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT TAX 
ACT 
SEC. 301. Sections 3(c), 5(f) (2), and 5(1) (9) of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act of 1937, sections 8(a) and 8(b) of the Railroad Unem-
22*8^^358.^^^"' 
ployment Insurance Act, and sections 3201, 3202, 3211, and 3221 of 
26 use 3201, 
the Railroad Retirement Tax Act are amended by— 
3202, 3211, 
^j^ striking out "before the calendar month next following the 
month in which this Act was amended in 1959'', wherever such 
language appears in such sections 3(c), 5(f)(2), 5(1) (9), 8(a) 
73 Stat. 26-32. 
^^id 8(b), and inserting in each instance in lieu thereof "before 
June 1,1959"; 
(ii) by striking out the language "after the month in which 
this Act was so amended" wherever such language appears in such 
sections 8(a) and 8(b) and inserting in each instance in lieu 
thereof "after May 31,1959-*; 
(iii) by striking out the language "after the month in which 
this provision was amended in 1959", wherever such language 
appears in such sections 3202 and 3221, and inserting in each 
instance in lieu thereof "after September 30, 1965"; 
(iv) by striking out from such sections 3(c), 5(f)(2), and 
77 Stat. 219- 
5(1) (Q) the language beginning with "$400" down through the 
79 Stat. «6o, 
phrase "was so amended 
where such phrase appears the third 
861. 
time and inserting in lieu thereof: 
(a) in such section 3(c) the following: "$400 for any 
month after May 31, 1959, and before November 1, 1963, or 
in excess of $450 for any mouth after October 31, 1963, and 
before October 1, 1965, or in excess of (i) $450, or (ii) an 
amount equal to one-twelfth of the current maximum annual 
taxable 'wages' as defined in section 3121 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1954, whichever is greater, for any month 
after September 30, 1965"; 
(b) in such section 5(f) (2) the following: "$400 for any 
month after May 31, 1959, and before November 1, 1963, 
and in excess of $450 for any month after October 31, 1963, 
and before October 1,1965, and in excess of (i) $450, or (ii) 
an amount equal to one-twelfth of the current maximum 
annual taxable 'wages' as defined in section 3121 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, whichever is greater, for 
any month after September 30, 1965"; and 
(c) in such section 5(1) (9) the following: "$400 for any 
month after May 31, 1959, and before November 1, 1963, any 
excess of $450 for any month after October 31, 1963, and 
before October 1, 1965, and any excess of (i) $450, or (ii) 
an amount equal to one-twelfth of the current maximum 
annual taxable 'wages' as defined in section 3121 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1954, whichever is greater, for any 
month after September 30,1965"; 
(v) by striking out from such sections 3201, 3202, 3211, and 
3221 the language (wherever it appears in such sections) begin-
ning with "$400" down through the phrase "was so amended'* 
where such phrase appears the second time in such language and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(i) $450, or (ii) an 
amount equal to one-twelfth of the current maximum annual 
2 6 use 3121. 
73 Stat. 28-30. 
26 u s e 3201, 
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taxable 'wages' as defined in section 3121 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1954, whichever is greater, for any month after Sep- 
^6 use 3121. 
tember30,1965";and 
(vi) by striking out from the proviso in such sections 3201 and 
3211, from subsection (b) of such section 3221 the phrase "after 
^ 
December 31, 1964" and inserting in lieu thereof "after Septem- 32iif3T2i 
ber 30,1965". 
SEC. 302. Section 3221(a) of the Railroad Retirement Tax Act is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: 
"Where compensation for services rendered in a month is paid an em-
ployee by two or more employers, one of the employers who has knowl-
edge of such joint employment may, by proper notice to the Secretary 
of the Treasury, and by agreement with such other employer or em-
ployers as to settlement of their respective liabilities under this sec-
tion and section 3202, elect for the tax imposed by section 3201 and 
this section to apply to all of the compensation paid by such employer 
for such month as does not exceed the maximum amount of compen-
sation in respect to which taxes are imposed by such section 3201 and 
this section; and in such a case the liability of such other employer or 
enciployers under this section and section 3202 shall be limited to the 
difference, if any, between the compensation paid by the electing em-
ployer and the maximum amount of compensation to which section 
3201 and this section apply. 
Approved October 30, 1966. 
Public Law 89-701 
A N A C T 
November 2, 1966 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to develop, through the use of 
[s. 2720] 
experiment and demonstration plants, practieahle and economic means for 
the production by the commercial fishing industry of fish protein concentrate. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepTesentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress ansembled^ That the Secretary 
^'^^ protein 
of the Interior is authorized to conduct, and through grants to .and "" stud'ieT. ^ 
contracts with public and private agencies to promote studies, research, 
and experiments designed to develop the best and most economical 
processes and methods to reduce fish which are in abundant supply 
and which .are not now widely sought after for human food to a 
nutritious, wholesome, and stable fish protein concentrate, as well as 
to conduct food technology and feasibility studies with respect to 
such products. 
SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary is also authorized to construct not to Demonstration 
exceed one experiment and demonstration plant for the production of ^ ^"'* 
a fish protein concentrate and to acquire by lease one additional plant 
for such purpose. 
Such plants shall be designed to demonstrate the 
reliability and practicability and the economic, engineering, and oper-
ating potentials of the processes and methods to reduce fish to fish 
protein concentrate. 
Such plants shall be located in such geograph-
ical areas as the Secretary determines will demonstrate optimum 
feasibility from the standpoint of operation, maintenance, and eco-
nomic potential. The Secretary of the Interior shall not commence 
construction of or lease any plant pursuant to the provisions of this