ENTITLEMENT OF DIVORCED SPOUSES TO RAILROAD RETIREMENT ANNUITIES INDEPENDENT OF ACTUAL ENTITLEMENT OF EMPLOYEE.

SEC. 1002. ENTITLEMENT OF DIVORCED SPOUSES TO RAILROAD RETIREMENT ANNUITIES INDEPENDENT OF ACTUAL ENTITLEMENT OF EMPLOYEE.(a) In General.—Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231a) is amended—(1) in subsection (c)(4)(i), by striking “(A) is entitled to an annuity under subsection (a)(1) and (B)”; and(2) in subsection (e)(5), by striking “or divorced wife” the second place it appears.(b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.