20 CFR § 259.4 - Authority to conduct investigations.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s259.4"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 259.4 - Authority to conduct investigations."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "259.4"
section_name: "Authority to conduct investigations."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT"
part_number: "259"
part_name: "INITIAL DETERMINATIONS AND APPEALS FROM INITIAL DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO EMPLOYER STATUS AND EMPLOYEE STATUS"
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; 45 U.S.C. 362(l)."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 56889, Dec. 5, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "259"
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# 259.4 Authority to conduct investigations.
In performing his or her responsibilities under § 259.1 or § 259.3, the General Counsel or his or her designee shall have the authority and the power to conduct any investigations he deems necessary. In addition, the General Counsel or his or her designee shall have the power to compel, by subpoena, any person, company, corporation, or other entity to produce any records or other documents pertinent to the matter under consideration.
(45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(5))
[43 FR 56889, Dec. 5, 1978, as amended at 48 FR 51447, Nov. 9, 1983; 57 FR 4366, Feb. 5, 1992]