20 CFR § 375.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s375.1"
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title: "20 CFR § 375.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "375.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "EMERGENCY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "375"
part_name: "PLAN OF OPERATION DURING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(3), (5), 362(l), (m)."
regulatory_source: "29 FR 15864, Nov. 26, 1964, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 29 FR 16322, Dec. 5, 1964, and further redesignated at 45 FR 28314, Apr. 29, 1980."
cfr_part: "375"
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# 375.1 Purpose.

(a) The Railroad Retirement Board has adopted a plan to provide basic organization and methods of operation that may be needed to continue uninterrupted service during a period of national emergency as defined in § 375.2.

(b) The plan is published to inform all interested persons of the circumstances and ways in which the Board will organize and operate in a national emergency.

(c) For purposes of Government-wide uniformity, the procedures of the Board regarding payments during evacuation to employees and their dependents shall conform to those contained in subpart D of part 550 of the regulations of the Office of Personnel Management pertaining to “Payments During Evacuation” (5 CFR part 550, subpart D).

[29 FR 15864, Nov. 26, 1964, as amended at 64 FR 66381, Nov. 26, 1999; 90 FR 26428, June 23, 2025]