[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: 20CFR228.1]



[Page 468]

 

                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 228_COMPUTATION OF SURVIVOR ANNUITIES--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec.  228.1  Introduction.









                            Subpart A_General



Sec.

228.1 Introduction.

228.2 Tier I and tier II annuity components.



                 Subpart B_The Tier I Annuity Component



228.10 Computation of the tier I annuity component for a widow(er), 

          disabled widow(er), remarried widow(er), and a surviving 

          divorced spouse.

228.11 Computation of the tier I annuity component of a widow(er) with a 

          child in care, remarried widow(er) with a child in care, or a 

          surviving divorced spouse with a child in care.

228.12 Computation of the tier I annuity component of a child's 

          insurance annuity.

228.13 Computation of the tier I annuity component of a parent's 

          insurance annuity.

228.14 Family maximum.

228.15 Reduction for age.

228.16 Adjustments in the age reduction factor (ARF).

228.17 Adjustments to the widow(er)'s, disabled widow(er)'s, surviving 

          divorced spouse's, and remarried widow(er)'s tier I annuity 

          amount.

228.18 Reduction for public pension.

228.19 Reduction for a social security benefit.

228.20 Reduction for an employee annuity.

228.21 Entitlement as a spouse or divorced spouse and as a survivor.

228.22 Entitlement to more than one survivor annuity.

228.23 Priority of reductions.

228.40 Cost of living increase applicable to the tier I annuity 

          component.



                 Subpart C_The Tier II Annuity Component



228.50 Tier II annuity component widow(er), child, or parent.

228.51 Takeback amount.

228.52 Restored amount.

228.53 Spouse minimum guarantee.

228.60 Cost-of-living increase.



    Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f.



    Source: 60 FR 16368, Mar. 30, 1995, unless otherwise noted.







    (a) What does this part include? This part includes the computation 

of a widow(er)'s, disabled widow(er)'s, remarried widow(er)'s, surviving 

divorced spouse's, parent's, and child's insurance annuity under the 

Railroad Retirement Act. This part describes the two annuity components 

or tiers which are included in these annuities. The tier I annuity 

component, which may be payable in all of the above annuities, is 

described in subpart B of this part. Subpart C of this part describes 

the tier II annuity component which is only applicable to the 

widow(er)'s, disabled widow(er)'s, parent's, and child's annuity.

    (b) Other relevant parts. (1) Part 225, Primary Insurance Amount 

Determinations, describes the various types of primary insurance amounts 

which form the basis of the computation of the tier I annuity component 

described in this part.

    (2) Part 216, Eligibility for an Annuity, describes the eligibility 

requirements for receipt of the annuity computations described in this 

part.