20 CFR 217.2
§ 217.2 Definitions.
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
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- 20 CFR 217.2, § 217.2 Definitions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/77081
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The following definitions are used in this part:
Applicant means a person who signs an application for an annuity or lump sum for himself or herself or for some other person.
Application refers only to a form described in § 217.6.
Apply or file means to sign a form or statement that the Railroad Retirement Board accepts as an application.
Award means to process a form to make a payment. An annuity is awarded on the date the payment form is processed.
Claimant means a person who files for an annuity or lump sum for himself or herself or the person for whom an application is filed.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.