[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: 20CFR234.12]

[Page 494]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 234_LUMP-SUM PAYMENTS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart B_Lump-Sum Death Payment
 
Sec.  234.12  1937 Act lump-sum death payment.

    (a) The 1937 Act LSDP is payable in the following order and amounts:
    (1) The employee's ``living with'' widow(er) is paid the total 
amount of the LSDP. (Refer to Sec.  234.21 for an explanation of 
``living with.'')
    (2) A funeral home, which has unpaid expenses, is paid the amount of 
the unpaid expenses or the total amount of the LSDP, whichever is less.
    (3) An equitably entitled person is paid the total amount of the 
LSDP or a proportionate share of the LSDP, depending upon the amount of 
burial expenses he or she paid.
    (b) The 1937 Act LSDP is equal to ten times the basic amount. (Refer 
to Sec.  234.20 for an explanation of the computation of the employee's 
basic amount.)