[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR228.1]

[Page 470]
 
                      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.


    (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.