[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: 20CFR228.53]

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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. 228.53  Spouse minimum guarantee.

    The Railroad Retirement Act provides that a spouse should receive no 
less as a widow(er) than he or she received as a spouse. However, if the 
widow(er) becomes entitled to a social security benefit, thus reducing 
his or her annuity, the spouse minimum guarantee is payable only to the 
extent

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that it guarantees the amount that the widow(er) would have received as 
a spouse had he or she been entitled to a social security benefit in the 
month preceding the employee's death in an amount equal to the amount of 
the social security benefit payable at the time the widow(er) first 
became entitled to the social security benefit.