[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: 20CFR228.52]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 228_COMPUTATION OF SURVIVOR ANNUITIES--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart C_The Tier II Annuity Component
 
Sec. 228.52  Restored amount.

    (a) General. A restored amount is added to the tier II annuity 
component of a widow(er)'s annuity whose annuity is reduced for receipt 
of an employee annuity under the Railroad Retirement Act provided either 
the employee or the widow(er) had ten years of creditable railroad 
service prior to January 1, 1975.
    (b) Amount. The amount of the tier II restored amount for a 
widow(er) is the difference between the amount payable as a widow(er) 
under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 as increased by all annual 
social security cost-of-living percentage increases from January 1, 
1975, until the later of the annuity beginning date of either the 
employee's annuity or the widow(er)'s annuity and the amount payable to 
the widow(er) under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 under the rules 
set forth in this part.
    (c) Widower. In order to qualify for an annuity under the 1937 Act 
and thus for a restored amount, a widower must have been dependent on 
his spouse for at least 50 percent of his support in the year prior to 
her death or at the time the spouse's annuity began.