20 CFR § 228.19 - Reduction for a social security benefit.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s228.19"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 228.19 - Reduction for a social security benefit."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "228.19"
section_name: "Reduction for a social security benefit."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT"
part_number: "228"
part_name: "COMPUTATION OF SURVIVOR ANNUITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "45 U.S.C. 231f."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 16368, Mar. 30, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "228"
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# 228.19 Reduction for a social security benefit.

The tier I annuity component is reduced for the amount of any social security benefit to which the survivor annuitant is entitled.