20 CFR § 229.53 - Reduction for social security benefits on employee's wage record.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s229.53"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 229.53 - Reduction for social security benefits on employee's wage record."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "229.53"
section_name: "Reduction for social security benefits on employee's wage record."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT"
part_number: "229"
part_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY OVERALL MINIMUM GUARANTEE"
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. 231(f)(b)(5)."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 53397, Oct. 15, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "229"
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# 229.53 Reduction for social security benefits on employee's wage record.

The total annuity rate under the overall minimum is reduced, but not below zero, by the total amount of the social security benefits being paid to all family members on the employee's wage record.