[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR216.16]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 216_ELIGIBILITY FOR AN ANNUITY--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart B_Current Connection With the Railroad Industry
 
Sec. 216.16  What is regular non-railroad employment.

    (a) Regular non-railroad employment is full or part-time employment 
for pay.
    (b) Regular non-railroad employment does not include any of the 
following:
    (1) Self-employment;
    (2) Temporary work provided as relief by an agency of a Federal, 
State, or local government;
    (3) Service inside or outside the United States for an employer 
under the Railroad Retirement Act, even if the employer does not conduct 
the main part of its business in the United States;
    (4) Involuntary military service not creditable under the Railroad 
Retirement Act;
    (5) Employment with the following agencies of the United States 
Government:
    (i) Department of Transportation;
    (ii) Interstate Commerce Commission;
    (iii) National Mediation Board;
    (iv) Railroad Retirement Board;
    (v) National Transportation Safety Board; or
    (vi) Surface Transportation Board.
    (6) Employment entered into after early retirement by an employee 
who is receiving an annuity under Conrail's voluntary annuity program. 
This program is provided under the Staggers Rail Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 
96-448); or
    (7) Employment with the Alaska Railroad so long as it is an 
instrumentality of the State of Alaska.

[56 FR 28692, June 24, 1991, as amended at 62 FR 11324, Mar. 12, 1997]