[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: 20CFR212.4]

[Page 190-191]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 212_MILITARY SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 212.4  Periods of creditable military service.

    In order for military service to be considered to be creditable 
under the Railroad Retirement Act, it must have been performed during 
one of the following periods:
    (a) April 21, 1898, through August 13, 1898--Spanish American War;
    (b) February 4, 1899, through April 27, 1902--Philippine 
Insurrection;
    (c) May 9, 1916, through February 5, 1917--Mexican Border 
Disturbances;
    (d) April 6, 1917, through November 11, 1918--World War I;

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    (e) September 8, 1939, through June 14, 1948--National Emergency and 
World War II. Individuals required to continue in service after this 
period may be credited with the service if:
    (1) They were in military service on December 31, 1946, or
    (2) They were required to remain in military service involuntarily 
after December 31, 1946;
    (f) June 15, 1948, through December 15, 1950. This service is 
creditable if:
    (1) Entered into involuntarily; or
    (2) Entered into voluntarily, but only if:
    (i) The individual who seeks credit for this service performs 
service as an employee for an employer as defined in part 202 of this 
chapter either in the year of his or her release from active military 
service or in the year following such release, and;
    (ii) The individual does not engage in any employment not covered by 
part 203 between his or her release from active military service and his 
or her commencement of service for an employer.
    (g) December 16, 1950, through September 14, 1978--National 
Emergency.

[49 FR 46734, Nov. 28, 1984, as amended at 55 FR 20454, May 17, 1990]