[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: 20CFR225.22]

[Page 429]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 225_PRIMARY INSURANCE AMOUNT DETERMINATIONS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C_PIA's Used in Computing Survivor Annuities and the Amount of 
                      the Residual Lump-Sum Payable
 
Sec. 225.22  Employee RIB PIA used in survivor annuities.

    The Employee Retirement Insurance Benefit PIA (Employee RIB PIA) is 
used to compute the employee RIB amount when the employee had received a 
retirement annuity which was reduced for early retirement. As explained 
in part 228 of this chapter, the employee RIB amount may be used in the 
survivor tier I component. This PIA is computed in accordance with 
section 215 of the Social Security Act using the deceased employee's 
combined railroad and social security earnings. The Employee RIB PIA is 
the same as the Survivor Tier I PIA when the employee had no earnings in 
the year of death. Earnings in the year of death are used in the 
recomputed PIA beginning January 1 of the year after the employee's 
death. (See subpart F of this part for a discussion of PIA 
recomputations.)