[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: 20CFR228.2]



[Page 468-469]

 

                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 228_COMPUTATION OF SURVIVOR ANNUITIES--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec.  228.2  Tier I and tier II annuity components.



    (a) Tier I annuity component. The Tier I annuity component is 

generally the amount that would have been payable under the Social 

Security Act if all of the employee's earnings after 1936 under both the 

railroad retirement system and the social security system had been 

creditable under the Social Security Act.



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    (b) Tier II annuity component. The tier II annuity component is the 

portion of the survivor's annuity which is based on an employee's 

railroad earnings only. The tier II component of an annuity described in 

this part is a specified percentage of the employee's actual or 

anticipated tier II annuity component.