[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR203.5]

[Page 173]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 203_EMPLOYEES UNDER THE ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 203.5  Service outside the United States.

    (a) An individual shall not be an employee by reason of rendition of 
service to an employer other than a local lodge or division, or a 
general committee of a railway-labor-organization employer, not 
conducting the principal part of its business in the United States 
except while engaged in performing service for it in the United States.
    (b) An individual shall not be an employee by reason of rendition of 
service to a local lodge or division, unless:
    (1) All, or substantially all the individuals constituting the 
membership of such local lodge or division are employees of an employer 
conducting the principal part of its business in the United States; or
    (2) The headquarters of such local lodge or division is located in 
the United States.
    (c) An individual shall not be an employee by reason of rendition of 
service to a general committee of a railway-labor-organization employer, 
unless:
    (1) Such individual is representing a local lodge or division, all 
or substantially all of whose members are employees of an employer 
conducting the principal part of its business in the United States, or 
the headquarters of such local lodge or division is located in the 
United States; or
    (2) All or substantially all the individuals represented by such a 
general committee are employees of an employer conducting the principal 
part of its business in the United States; or
    (3) Such an individual acts in the capacity of a general chairman or 
an assistant general chairman of a general committee which represents 
individuals rendering service in the United States to an employer; 
Provided, however, That if the office or headquarters of such general 
chairman or assistant general chairman is not located within the United 
States he will not be an employee unless 10 percent or more of his 
remuneration for service as general chairman or assistant general 
chairman is creditable as compensation, the creditable compensation to 
be computed according to the proportion which the mileage in the United 
States under the jurisdiction of such general committee bears to the 
total mileage under its jurisdiction, or according to a formula to be 
prescribed by the Board if the mileage formula is inapplicable.