Pub. L. 90-257, tit. I, sec. 103

Sec. 103. (a) Section 2(e) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 is amended by striking out “reduction” and inserting in lieu thereof 82 Stat. 17“reductions”, and by striking out “section 3(a)(1) of this Act” and all that follows and inserting in lieu thereof “section 3(a)(2).”. (b) Section 2(i) of such Act is amended by striking out “the first two provisos in section 3(a)(1)” and all that follows and inserting in lieu thereof “the second proviso in section 3(a)(2), except that, notwithstanding other provisions of this subsection, the spouse’s annuity shall (before any reduction on account of age) not be less than one-half of the amount computed in section 3(a)(1) increased by $5 or, if the spouse is entitled to benefits under title II of the Social Security Act, by the excess of $5 over 5.8 per centum of the lesser of (i) any benefit to which such spouse is entitled under title II of the Social Security Act, or (ii) the spouse’s annuity to which such spouse would be entitled without regard to section 3(a)(2) and before any reduction on account of age, but in no case shall such an annuity (before any reduction on account of age) be more than the maximum amount, of a spouse’s annuity as provided in subsection (e).”