20 CFR 228.2
§ 228.2 Tier I and tier II annuity components.
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
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- 20 CFR 228.2, § 228.2 Tier I and tier II annuity components, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/77455
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(a) Tier I annuity component. The Tier I annuity component is generally the amount that would have been payable under the Social Security Act if all of the employee's earnings after 1936 under both the railroad retirement system and the social security system had been creditable under the Social Security Act.
(b) Tier II annuity component. The tier II annuity component is the portion of the survivor's annuity which is based on an employee's railroad earnings only. The tier II component of an annuity described in this part is a specified percentage of the employee's actual or anticipated tier II annuity component.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.