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PUBLIC LAW 746-AUG. 31, 1954

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Public Law 746 August 31, 1954 [H. R. 7840]

Railroad a c t s, amendments.

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STAT.

CHAPTER 1164

AN ACT To amend the Railroad Retirement Act, the Railroad Retirement Tax Act, and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives United States of America in Congress assembled,

of the

PART I—AMENDMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT s o Stat. 309. 45 USC 228a.

SECTION 1. Subsection (h) of section 1 of the Railroad Retirement

Act of 1937, as amended, is hereby amended by inserting after the end Delegate's com- of the last sentence thereof the following: "Compensation for service pensation. as a delegate to a national or international convention of a railway labor organization defined as an 'employer' in subsection (a) of this section shall be disregarded for purposes of determining eligibility for and the amount of benefits pursuant to this Act if the individual rendering such service has not previously rendered service, other than as such a delegate, which may be included in his 'years of service'." SEC. 2. The last paragraph of subsection (a) of section 2 of the 45 USC 228b. Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is hereby amended by striking the fourth sentence thereof. SEC. 3. Subsection (d) of section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is hereby amended by adding after the end thereof the following paragraph: A n n u i t y p ay"No annuity under paragraph 4 or 5 of subsection (a) of this secments. tion shall be paid to an individual with respect to any month in which the individual is under age sixty-five and is paid more than $100 in earnings from employment or self-employment of any form: ProAccruals. vided^ That for purposes of this paragraph, if a payment in any one calendar month is for accruals in more than one calendar month, such payment shall be deemed to have been paid in each of the months in Report to Board, which accrued to the extent accrued in such month. Any such individual under the age of sixty-five shall report to the Board any such payment of earnings for such employment or self-employment before receipt and acceptance of an annuity for the second month following the month of such payment. A deduction shall be imposed, with respect to any such individual who fails to make such report, in the annuity or annuities otherwise due the individual, in an amount equal to the amount of the annuity for each month in which he is paid such earnings in such employment or self-employment, except that the first deduction imposed pursuant to this sentence shall in no case exceed an amount equal to the amount of the annuity otherwise due for the first month with respect to which the deduction is imposed." 45 USC 228c. SEC. 4. Subsection (a) of section 3 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is hereby amended by substituting "$200" for "$150". SEC. 5. Subsection (b)(1) of section 3 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is hereby amended by substituting for the parenthetical phrase "(includingcompensation in any month in excess of $300)" wherever it appears the phrase "(without regard to any limitation on the amount of compensation otherwise provided in this Act)". SEC. 6. Subsection (c) of section 3 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is hereby amended by inserting after the figure "300" the following: "for any month before July 1, 1954, or in excess of $350 for any month after June 30, 1954,"; and by adding at the end thereof the following: "If the employee earned compensation in service after June 30, 1937, and after the last day of the calendar year in which he attained age sixty-five, such compensation and service

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