20 CFR § 228.23 - Priority of reductions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s228.23"
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title: "20 CFR § 228.23 - Priority of reductions."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "228.23"
section_name: "Priority of reductions."
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"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "45 U.S.C. 231f."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 16368, Mar. 30, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "228"
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# 228.23 Priority of reductions.

The tier I component of the survivor annuity is first reduced by the family maximum, if applicable, then any applicable age reduction, then by any public pension offset, then by any social security benefit payable, then by the tier I component of any employee annuity payable to the survivor annuitant.