Title 20, Chapter II — Chapter II

General Administration

Definitions

Employers Under the Act

Employees Under the Act

Employment Relation

Employee Representative

Account Benefits Ratio

Railroad Employers' Reports and Responsibilities

Creditable Railroad Service

Creditable Railroad Compensation

Military Service

Eligibility for an Annuity

Application for Annuity or Lump Sum

Annuity Beginning and Ending Dates

Evidence Required for Payment

Determining Disability

Jurisdiction Determinations

Family Relationships

Primary Insurance Amount Determinations

Computing Employee, Spouse, and Divorced Spouse Annuities

Computing Supplemental Annuities

Computation of Survivor Annuities

Social Security Overall Minimum Guarantee

Months Annuities Not Payable by Reason of Work

Reduction in the Windfall Benefit Annuity Component

Lump-sum Payments

Payment of Social Security Benefits by the Railroad Retirement Board

Transfer, Assignment, or Waiver of Payments

Recovery of Overpayments

Hearings Before the Board or Designated Examiners

Initial Determinations and Appeals From Initial Determinations With Respect to Employer Status and Employee Status

Requests for Reconsideration and Appeals Within the Board

Administrative Finality

Representative Payment

Payments Pursuant to Court Decree or Court-approved Property Settlement

Definitions

Employers Under the Act

Qualified Employee

Procedure for Determining Liability for Contributions or Repayments of Benefits

Initial Determinations Under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act and Reviews of and Appeals From Such Determinations

Electronic Filing of Applications and Claims for Benefits Under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act

Remuneration

Nongovernmental Plans for Unemployment or Sickness Insurance

Registration for Railroad Unemployment Benefits

Available for Work

Determination of Daily Benefit Rates

Mileage or Work Restrictions and Stand-by or Lay-over Rules

Sickness Benefits

Duration of Normal and Extended Benefits

Recovery of Benefits

Statutory Lien Where Sickness Benefits Paid

Employers' Contributions and Contribution Reports

Railroad Hiring

Representative Payment

Finality of Decisions Regarding Unemployment and Sickness Insurance Benefits

Garnishment of Benefits Paid Under the Railroad Retirement Act, the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, and Under Any Other Act Administered by the Board

Regulations Under the Administrative False Claims Act

Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment

Recovery of Debts Owed to the United States Government by Government Employees

Employees' Personal Property Claims

Garnishment of Remuneration of Board Personnel

Use of Penalty Mail to Assist in the Location and Recovery of Missing Children

Enforcement of Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Programs or Activities Conducted by the Railroad Retirement Board

Collection of Debts by Federal Tax Refund Offset

Recovery of Debts Owed to the United States Government by Administrative Offset

Prohibition of Cigarette Sales to Minors

Use of the Seal of the Railroad Retirement Board

Plan of Operation During a National Emergency