[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: 20CFR227.3]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 227_COMPUTING SUPPLEMENTAL ANNUITIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 227.3  Reduction for railroad retirement family maximum.

    If the railroad retirement family maximum applies, and the reduction 
amount is higher than the spouse tier II rate, as shown in part 226 of 
this chapter, the initial supplemental annuity rate from Sec. 227.2 is 
reduced by the smaller of--
    (a) The difference between the total railroad retirement maximum 
reduction amount and the reduction in the spouse annuity; or
    (b) The total supplemental annuity rate from Sec. 227.2.

[50 FR 11502, Mar. 22, 1985, as amended at 54 FR 12903, Mar. 29, 1989]