[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: 20CFR228.40]

[Page 454]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 228_COMPUTATION OF SURVIVOR ANNUITIES--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B_The Tier I Annuity Component
 
Sec. 228.40  Cost of living increase applicable to the tier I annuity 
component.

    The tier I annuity component of a survivor annuity is increased at 
the same time and by the same percentage as the increase provided for 
under section 215(i) of the Social Security Act. The amount of the 
increase is published in the Federal Register annually. The cost-of-
living increase is payable beginning with the benefit for the month of 
December of the year for which the increase is due. The increase is paid 
in the January payment.