[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: 20CFR212.4]



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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 212_MILITARY SERVICE--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  212.4  Periods of creditable military service.



    In order for military service to be considered to be creditable 

under the Railroad Retirement Act, it must have been performed during 

one of the following periods:

    (a) April 21, 1898, through August 13, 1898--Spanish American War;

    (b) February 4, 1899, through April 27, 1902--Philippine 

Insurrection;

    (c) May 9, 1916, through February 5, 1917--Mexican Border 

Disturbances;

    (d) April 6, 1917, through November 11, 1918--World War I;



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    (e) September 8, 1939, through June 14, 1948--National Emergency and 

World War II. Individuals required to continue in service after this 

period may be credited with the service if:

    (1) They were in military service on December 31, 1946, or

    (2) They were required to remain in military service involuntarily 

after December 31, 1946;

    (f) June 15, 1948, through December 15, 1950. This service is 

creditable if:

    (1) Entered into involuntarily; or

    (2) Entered into voluntarily, but only if:

    (i) The individual who seeks credit for this service performs 

service as an employee for an employer as defined in part 202 of this 

chapter either in the year of his or her release from active military 

service or in the year following such release, and;

    (ii) The individual does not engage in any employment not covered by 

part 203 between his or her release from active military service and his 

or her commencement of service for an employer.

    (g) December 16, 1950, through September 14, 1978--National 

Emergency.



[49 FR 46734, Nov. 28, 1984, as amended at 55 FR 20454, May 17, 1990]