[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: 20CFR235.3]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 235_PAYMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS BY THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 
 
Sec.  235.3  Who is paid social security benefits by the Board.

    The following individuals, if entitled to social security benefits, 
are paid such benefits by the Board:
    (a) A railroad employee who has been credited with at least 120 
months of railroad service;
    (b) A wife or husband of a railroad employee who has been credited 
with at least 120 months of railroad service;
    (c) A divorced wife or husband of a railroad employee who has been 
credited with at least 120 months of railroad service, but only if the 
divorced wife or husband is claiming social security benefits based upon 
the railroad employee's social security wages;
    (d) A survivor of a railroad employee, including a surviving 
divorced spouse, remarried widow(er), surviving divorced mother or 
father, who is entitled, or upon application would be entitled, to an 
annuity under the Railroad Retirement Act;
    (e) Any other person entitled to benefits under title II of the 
Social Security Act based on the social security wages of a railroad 
employee who has been credited with at least 120 months of railroad 
service, except survivors of a railroad employee when the Social 
Security Administration has jurisdiction for survivor benefits. See part 
221 of this title.