Amendments Preserving Relationship Between Railroad Retirement and Old-Age and Survivors Insurance

Amendments Preserving Relationship Between Railroad Retirement and Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Sec. 401. (a) Section 1 (q) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by striking out “1952” and inserting in lieu thereof “1954”. (b) Section 2 (c) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by striking out “six” and inserting in lieu thereof “twelve”; and subsection (5) (j) of such Act, as amended, is amended by striking out “sixth” and inserting in lieu thereof “twelfth”. The amendments made by this subsection shall be applicable only in the case of applications for annuities under the Railroad Retirement Act filed after August 1954; except that no individual shall, by reason of such amendment, be entitled to any annuity for any month prior to February 1954. (c) Section 5 (1) (9) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended by striking out “$3,600” the second time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “$4,200”. 68 Stat. 1098 (d) Section 5 (i) (1) (ii) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is amended to read as follows: “(ii) will have been under the age of seventy-two and for which month he is charged with any earnings under section 203 (e) of the Social Security Act or in which month he engaged on seven or more different calendar days in noncovered remunerative activity outside the United States (as defined in section 203 (k) of the Social Security Act); and for purposes of this subdivision the Board shall have the authority to make such determinations and such suspensions of payment of benefits in the manner and to the extent that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare would be authorized to do so under section 203 (g) (3) of the Social Security Act if the individuals to whom this subdivision applies were entitled to benefits under section 202 of such Act,”.