20 CFR § 226.16 - Supplemental annuity.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s226.16"
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title: "20 CFR § 226.16 - Supplemental annuity."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "226.16"
section_name: "Supplemental annuity."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT"
part_number: "226"
part_name: "COMPUTING EMPLOYEE, SPOUSE, AND DIVORCED SPOUSE ANNUITIES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(5)."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 22262, May 5, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "226"
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# 226.16 Supplemental annuity.

A supplemental annuity is payable in addition to tiers I and II and the vested dual benefit to an employee who meets the requirements of § 216.41 of this chapter. The supplemental annuity is equal to $23 plus $4 for each full year of service, over 25 years of service, up to a maximum of $43. The supplemental annuity may be reduced by the railroad retirement family maximum as shown in §§ 226.50-226.52 of this part, or for the receipt of a private pension benefit as explained in part 227 of this chapter.