[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]



[Page 474-475]

 

                      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.