[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: 20CFR229.31]

[Page 480-481]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 229_SOCIAL SECURITY OVERALL MINIMUM GUARANTEE--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart D_Family Members Included in Overall Minimum Computation
 
Sec.  229.31  When a spouse can be included in the computation of the overall 

minimum rate.

    (a) A spouse who is married to the employee when the employee's 
application is filed can be included in the computation of the overall 
minimum rate beginning in the later of the month in which:

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    (1) The employee first is eligible for an increase in his or her 
annuity under the overall minimum, as shown in Sec.  229.22 of this 
part; or
    (2) The spouse first becomes eligible to be included under the 
overall minimum, as shown in Sec.  229.30 of this part.
    (b) A spouse who marries the employee after the employee application 
is filed can be included in the overall minimum computation in the month 
in which he or she becomes eligible, as shown in Sec.  229.30 of this 
part, if the overall minimum rate is already payable in the previous 
month. If the railroad formula rate is payable in the month before the 
spouse becomes eligible, the spouse can be included in the overall 
minimum computation in the later of the month in which:
    (1) The employee first is eligible for an increase in his or her 
annuity rate under the overall minimum, as shown in Sec.  229.22; or
    (2) The spouse annuity begins.