[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: 20CFR229.10]

[Page 458]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 229_SOCIAL SECURITY OVERALL MINIMUM GUARANTEE--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart B_Social Security Overall Minimum Guarantee Defined
 
Sec. 229.10  What the social security overall minimum guarantee is.


    The social security overall minimum guarantee is the amount of total 
family benefits which would be paid under the Social Security Act if the 
employee's railroad service had been covered by that Act. A 100 percent 
overall minimum benefit may be paid, as described in Sec. 229.11. A 100 
percent overall minimum based on age (age O/M) may be payable when the 
employee is 62 years old. The age O/M is reduced for age for months in 
which the O/M is payable before the employee attains retirement age. An 
overall minimum may also be payable before age 62 based on an employee's 
disability (DIB O/M). The DIB O/M is not reduced for age.