231a.
Annuity eligibility requirements.
(a)
Individuals eligible for annuities; disability standards; proof of continued disability.
(b)
Individuals eligible for supplemental annuities.
(c)
Spouses eligible for annuities.
(d)
Survivors eligible for annuities.
(e)
Compensated service; rights to return.
(f)
Deductions on account of work.
(g)
Employment compensation of survivors; deductions.
(h)
Military service; reductions.
231b.
Computation of annuities.
(b)
Increased annuities under subsection (a).
(e)
Supplemental annuities.
(f)
Reductions in annuities.
(g)
Increased annuities under subsection (b).
(h)
Increased annuities under subsections (a) and (b).
(j)
Average monthly compensation.
(k)
Employee representatives.
(l)
Reductions for increased annuities.
(m)
Reductions due to monthly social security payments.
231c.
Computation of spouse and survivor annuities.
(a)
Amount of spouses’ annuities; age.
(b)
Increases in spouses’ annuities in accordance with section 231b(b), (c), (d) of this title.
(c)
Reductions in spouses’ annuities.
(d)
Increases in spouses’ annuities in accordance with section 231b(g) of this title.
(e)
Increases in particular spouses’ annuities.
(f)
Amount of survivors’ annuities; age; entitlement.
(g)
Increases in survivor's annuities in accordance with subsection (f).
(h)
Increases in particular widows’ and widowers’ annuities.
(i)
Reductions in survivors’ annuities.
231d.
Annuity beginning and ending dates.
(a)
Annuities under section 231a of this title.
(b)
Applications for payment.
(c)
Individual's entitlement.
(a)
Eligible annuities; applications; reversion; determination of status of recipient.
(b)
Payments in accordance with Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 and Social Security Act.
(c)
Payments in the absence of further benefits.
(d)
Payments to recipients ineligible for certain other annuities.
(e)
Additional lump sum payment in certain cases.
231f.
Railroad Retirement Board.
(c)
Sources of payments; adjustments.
(d)
Hospital insurance benefits; certified beneficiaries; disability insurance benefits; services in Canada; exchange of information.
(e)
Acceptance of gifts and bequests.
(f)
Congressional copies of documents submitted or transmitted to President or Office of Management and Budget.
231f–1.
Annual actuarial report.
231h.
Returns of compensation; conclusiveness.
(c)
Decision not to recover.
(d)
Liability of officers.
231j.
Waiver of annuities.
231m.
Assignability; exemption from levy.
231n.
Railroad Retirement Account.
(a)
Maintenance of account; authorization of appropriations.
(b)
Authorization of appropriations; military service costs and administrative expenses.
(c)
Maintenance of Railroad Retirement Supplemental Account; authorization of appropriations.
(d)
Dual Benefits Payments Account.
(f)
Actuarial Advisory Committee.
(h)
Authorization of appropriations; administrative expenses of subchapter.
(i)
Crediting of accounts for unnegotiated benefit checks.
231n–1.
Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account.
(b)
Transfers, etc., to Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account.
(c)
Availability and transfer of funds.
(d)
Transfers from Railroad Retirement Account to Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account; retransfer.
(e)
Applicability of section 231n.
(f)
References to Railroad Retirement Account deemed references to Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account; “social security equivalent benefits” defined.
231p.
Free transportation.
231q.
Crediting service under Social Security Act.
231r.
Automatic benefit eligibility requirement adjustments.
(b)
Additional eligible beneficiaries.
(c)
Reduced conditions of entitlement; expanded benefits.
231u.
Benefit preservation.