20 CFR § 225.42 - Notice of the percentage amount of a cost-of-living increase.

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title: "20 CFR § 225.42 - Notice of the percentage amount of a cost-of-living increase."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "225.42"
section_name: "Notice of the percentage amount of a cost-of-living increase."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT"
part_number: "225"
part_name: "PRIMARY INSURANCE AMOUNT DETERMINATIONS"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(5)."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 12903, Mar. 29, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
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# 225.42 Notice of the percentage amount of a cost-of-living increase.

The percentage amount of the cost-of-living increase is published in the *Federal Register* by the Secretary of Health and Human Services within 45 days of the end of the measuring period used in finding the increase.