[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: 20CFR228.2]

[Page 449-450]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 228_COMPUTATION OF SURVIVOR ANNUITIES--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 228.2  Tier I and tier II annuity components.

    (a) Tier I annuity component. The Tier I annuity component is 
generally the amount that would have been payable under the Social 
Security Act if all of the employee's earnings after 1936 under both the 
railroad retirement system and the social security system had been 
creditable under the Social Security Act.

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    (b) Tier II annuity component. The tier II annuity component is the 
portion of the survivor's annuity which is based on an employee's 
railroad earnings only. The tier II component of an annuity described in 
this part is a specified percentage of the employee's actual or 
anticipated tier II annuity component.