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| section_id ▼ | title_number | title_name | chapter | subchapter | part_number | part_name | subpart | subpart_name | section_number | section_heading | agency | authority | source_citation | amendment_citations | full_text |
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| 20:20:1.0.2.7.1.0.155.1 | 20 | Employees' Benefits | II | A | 200 | PART 200—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | § 200.1 Designation of central and field organization. | SSA | [52 FR 11010, Apr. 6, 1987, as amended at 67 FR 5723, Feb. 7, 2002; 80 FR 13763, Mar. 17, 2015; 84 FR 28726, June 20, 2019] | (a) Introduction. (1) The Railroad Retirement Board (hereinafter referenced as the “Board”) is an independent agency in the executive branch of the Federal Government and is administered by three members appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate. By law, one member is appointed upon recommendations made by railroad labor organizations, one upon recommendations of railroad employers, and the third member, the Chairman, is in effect independent of employees and employers and represents the public interest. The terms of office are five years and are arranged so as to expire in different calendar years. (2) The primary function of the Board is the determination and payment of benefits under the retirement-survivor and unemployment-sickness programs. To this end, the Board must maintain lifetime earnings records for covered employees, a network of field offices to assist railroad personnel and their dependents in filing claims for benefits, and examiners to adjudicate the claims. (3) The Board administers the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. The Railroad Retirement Tax Act, which imposes employment taxes to fund the railroad retirement system, is administered by the Internal Revenue Service of the U.S. Department of Treasury. The Board also participates in the administration of the Federal Medicare health insurance program. (4) The headquarters of the Board is in Chicago, Illinois, at 844 North Rush Street. The Board maintains numerous district offices across the country in localities easily accessible to large numbers of railroad workers. (b) Internal organization. (1) Reporting directly to the Board Members is the seven member Executive Committee. The Executive Committee is comprised of the General Counsel, the Director of Administration, the Director of Programs, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Information Officer, and the Director of Field Service. The Chief Actuary is a non-voting member. The Board members will designate a member of th… | |||||
| 20:20:1.0.2.7.1.0.155.10 | 20 | Employees' Benefits | II | A | 200 | PART 200—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | § 200.10 Representatives of applicant or beneficiaries. | SSA | [54 FR 43057, Oct. 20, 1989] | (a) Power of attorney. An applicant or a beneficiary shall not be required to hire, retain or utilize the services of an attorney, agent, or other representative in any claim filed with the Board. In the event an applicant or beneficiary desires to be represented by another person, he or she shall file with the Board prior to the time of such representation a power of attorney signed by such applicant or beneficiary and naming such other person as the person authorized to represent the applicant or beneficiary with respect to matters in connection with his or her claim. However, the Board may recognize one of the following persons as the duly authorized representative of the applicant or beneficiary without requiring such power of attorney when it appears that such recognition is in the interest of the applicant or beneficiary: (1) A Member of Congress; (2) A person designated by the railway labor organization of which the applicant or beneficiary is a member to act on behalf of members of that organization on such matters; or (3) An attorney who, in the absence of information to the contrary, declares that he or she is representing the applicant or beneficiary. (b) Payment of claim. The Board will not certify payment of any awarded claim to or through any person other than the applicant or beneficiary for the reason that a power of attorney for such person to represent such applicant or beneficiary has been filed. | |||||
| 20:20:1.0.2.7.1.0.155.2 | 20 | Employees' Benefits | II | A | 200 | PART 200—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | § 200.2 The general course and method by which the Board's functions are channeled and determined. | SSA | [15 FR 6752, Oct. 6, 1950, as amended at 21 FR 4808, June 29, 1956; Board Order 62-115, 27 FR 9254, Sept. 19, 1962; Board Order 67-67, 32 FR 9064, June 27, 1967; 41 FR 22557, June 4, 1976. Redesignated at 52 FR 11010, Apr. 6, 1987, as amended at 55 FR 26430, June 28, 1990] | (a) Retirement and death benefits. (1) Retirement and death benefits must be applied for by filing application therefor. (For details as to application, see parts 210 and 237 of this chapter). The Bureau of Retirement Claims considers the application and the evidence and information submitted with it. Wage and service records maintained by the Board are checked and if necessary, further evidence is obtained from the employee, the employer, fellow employees, public records and any other person or source available. The Bureau makes initial decisions on the following matters: (i) Applications for benefits; (ii) Requests for the withdrawal of an application; (iii) Requests for a change in an annuity beginning date; (iv) The termination of an annuity; (v) The modification of the amount of an annuity or lump sum; (vi) Requests for the reinstatement of an annuity which had been terminated or modified; (vii) The existence of an erroneous payment; (viii) The eligibility of an individual for a supplemental annuity or the amount of such supplemental annuity. (ix) Whether representative payments shall serve the interests of an individual by reason of his incapacity to manage his annuity payments; and (x) Who shall be appointed or continued as representative payee on behalf of an annuitant. (2) A claimant dissatisfied with the Bureau's decision may, upon filing notice within one year from the date the decision is mailed to the claimant, appeal to the Bureau of Hearings and Appeals. Provided, however, That (i) an individual under age 16 shall not have the right to appeal a finding of incapacity to manage his annuity payments, but shall have the right to contest on appeal that he is, in fact, under age 16; (ii) an individual who has been adjudged legally incompetent shall not have the right to appeal a finding of incapacity to manage his annuity payments, but shall have the right to contest on appeal the fact of his having been adjudged legally incompetent; and (iii) an individual shall not have the right to appe… | |||||
| 20:20:1.0.2.7.1.0.155.3 | 20 | Employees' Benefits | II | A | 200 | PART 200—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | § 200.3 Obtaining forms from the Railroad Retirement Board. | SSA | [63 FR 17326, Apr. 9, 1998] | Forms used by the Board, including applications for benefits and informational publications, may be obtained from the Board's headquarters at 844 Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611, and from local Board offices. | |||||
| 20:20:1.0.2.7.1.0.155.4 | 20 | Employees' Benefits | II | A | 200 | PART 200—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | § 200.4 Availability of information to public. | SSA | [Board Order 6784, 32 FR 9651, Sept. 4, 1967. Redesignated at 52 FR 11010, Apr. 6, 1987] | (a) The following materials (more particularly described in paragraph (d) of this section), with identifying details deleted pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section, are available for public inspection and copying: (1) All final opinions (including concurring and dissenting opinions), and all orders made in the adjudication of cases, which have precedential effect; (2) All statements of policy and interpretations which have been adopted by the Board, or by anyone under authority delegated by the Board, which have not been published in the Federal Register; (3) Administrative staff manuals and instructions to staff that affect any member of the public; and (4) Copies of all records, regardless of form or format— (i) That have been released to any person under paragraph (f) of this section; and (ii) That because of the nature of their subject matter, the RRB determines have become or are likely to become the subject of subsequent requests for substantially the same records, or that have been requested 3 or more times. (b) The identifying details to be deleted shall include, but not be limited to, names and identifying numbers of employees and other individuals as needed to comply with sections 12(d) and (n) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, section 7(b)(3) of the Railroad Retirement Act, and § 200.8 of this part, or to prevent a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. (c) The RRB shall maintain a current index of the materials referred to in paragraph (a) of this section which will have been issued, adopted, or promulgated subsequent to July 4, 1967. This index shall be available for public inspection in an electronic format at RRB.gov. Copies of the index or any portion thereof may be obtained for a fee equivalent to the costs of reproduction by submitting a written request therefor. Such request should comply with the form for requests as described in paragraph (h) of this section to the General Counsel, Railroad Retirement Board, Room 836, 844 N. Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 6061… | |||||
| 20:20:1.0.2.7.1.0.155.5 | 20 | Employees' Benefits | II | A | 200 | PART 200—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | § 200.5 Protection of privacy of records maintained on individuals. | SSA | [41 FR 20580, May 19, 1976, as amended at 43 FR 17468, Apr. 25, 1978; 50 FR 27222, July 2, 1985. Redesignated at 52 FR 11010, Apr. 6, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 3198, Feb. 4, 1988; 54 FR 43055, Oct. 20, 1989] | (a) Purpose and scope. The purpose of this section is to establish specific procedures necessary for compliance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-579). These regulations apply to all record systems containing information of a personal or private nature maintained by the Railroad Retirement Board that are indexed and retrieved by personal identifier. (b) Definitions —(1) Individual. The term “individual” pertains to a natural person who is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence and not to a company or corporation. (2) System of records. For the purposes of this section, the term “system of records” pertains to only those records that can be retrieved by an individual identifier. (3) Railroad Retirement Board. For purposes of this section, the term “Railroad Retirement Board” refers to the United States Railroad Retirement Board, an independent agency in the executive branch of the United States Government. (4) Board. For purposes of this section the term “Board” refers to the three member governing body of the United States Railroad Retirement Board. (c) Procedure for requesting the existence of personally identifiable records in a record system. An individual can determine if a particular record system maintained by the Railroad Retirement Board contains any record pertaining to him by submitting a written request for such information to the system manager of that record system as described in the annual notice published in the Federal Register. A current copy of the system notices, published in accordance with paragraph (i) of this section, is available for inspection at all regional and district offices of the Board. If necessary, Board personnel will aid requesters in determining what system(s) of records they wish to review and will forward any requests for information to the appropriate system manager. Also, requests for personal information may be submitted either by mail or in person to the system manager at the headquarters of the Ra… | |||||
| 20:20:1.0.2.7.1.0.155.6 | 20 | Employees' Benefits | II | A | 200 | PART 200—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | § 200.6 Open meetings. | SSA | [42 FR 15312, Mar. 21, 1977, as amended at 42 FR 22865, Nov. 11, 1977. Redesignated at 52 FR 11010, Apr. 6, 1987] | (a) Definitions —(1) Meeting. For purposes of this section, the term “meeting” shall mean the deliberations of at least two of the three members of the Railroad Retirement Board, which deliberations determine or result in the joint conduct or disposition of official agency business. The term “meeting” shall not include: (i) Deliberations of the Board members concerning the closure of a meeting, the withholding of any information with respect to a meeting, the scheduling of a meeting, the establishment of the agenda of a meeting, or any change in the scheduling, agenda, or the open or closed status of a meeting; or (ii) Consideration by the Board members of agency business circulated to them individually in writing for disposition by notation. (2) Public announcement. For purposes of this section the term “public announcement” shall mean the posting of the notice of a scheduled meeting as required by this section on a bulletin board available to the public on the first floor of the Board's headquarters building located at 844 Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611. (b)(1) The members of the Board shall not jointly conduct or dispose of agency business except in accordance with the procedures and requirements established by this section. Provided, however, That nothing in this section shall be construed so as to prohibit the Board from disposing of routine or administrative matters by sequential, notational voting. (2) Where agency business is disposed of by notational voting as provided in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, the minutes of the next succeeding Board meeting shall reflect such action. (3) Every portion of every meeting of the Board at which agency business is conducted or disposed of shall be open to public observation, except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section. (c)(1) Except as provided in this section, every portion of every meeting of the Board shall be open to the public. A meeting or a portion of a meeting may be closed where (i) the Board properly determines that the subjec… | |||||
| 20:20:1.0.2.7.1.0.155.7 | 20 | Employees' Benefits | II | A | 200 | PART 200—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | § 200.7 Assessment or waiver of interest, penalties, and administrative costs with respect to collection of certain debts. | SSA | [52 FR 41559, Oct. 29, 1987, as amended at 59 FR 15049, Mar. 31, 1994; 67 FR 5723, Feb. 7, 2002] | (a) Purpose. The Debt Collection Act of 1982 requires the Board to charge interest on claims for money owed the Board, to assess penalties on delinquent debts, and to assess charges to cover the costs of processing claims for delinquent debts. The Act permits, and in certain cases requires, an agency to waive the collection of interest, penalties and charges under circumstances which comply with standards enunciated jointly by the Comptroller General and the Attorney General. Those standards are contained in 4 CFR 102.13. This section contains the circumstances under which the Board may either assess or waive interest, penalties, and administrative costs which arise from benefit or annuity overpayments made under any of the Acts which the Board administers. (b)(1) Simple interest shall be assessed once a month on the unpaid principal of a debt. (2) Interest shall accrue from the date on which notice of the debt and demand for repayment with interest is first mailed or hand-delivered to the debtor, or in the case of a debt which is subject to section 10(c) of the Railroad Retirement Act or section 2(d) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, interest shall accrue from the date that a denial of waiver of recovery is mailed or hand-delivered to the debtor or, if waiver has not been requested, upon the expiration of the time within which to request waiver, except as otherwise specified in this section. (3) In the case of a lien for reimbursement of sickness benefits pursuant to part 341 of this chapter, interest on the amount of the lien shall accrue from the date of settlement or the entry of final judgment. (4) The rate of interest assessed shall be the rate of the current value of funds to the U.S. Treasury (i.e., the Treasury tax and loan account rate) as prescribed and published in the Federal Register and the Treasury Financial Manual Bulletins annually or quarterly, in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3717. (5) The rate of interest as initially assessed shall remain fixed for the duration of the indebted… | |||||
| 20:20:1.0.2.7.1.0.155.8 | 20 | Employees' Benefits | II | A | 200 | PART 200—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | § 200.8 Disclosure of information obtained in the administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. | SSA | [54 FR 43055, Oct. 20, 1989, as amended at 56 FR 50247, Oct. 4, 1991; 63 FR 2141, Jan. 14, 1998] | (a) Purpose and scope. The purpose of this section is to establish specific procedures necessary for compliance with section 12(d) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, which is incorporated into the Railroad Retirement Act by section 7(b)(3) of that Act. Except as otherwise indicated in this section, these regulations apply to all information obtained by the Railroad Retirement Board in connection with the administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. (b) Definitions—Agency. The term agency refers to the Railroad Retirement Board, an independent agency in the executive branch of the United States Government. Applicant. The term applicant means a person who signs an application for an annuity or lump-sum payment or unemployment benefits or sickness benefits for himself or herself or for some other person. Beneficiary. The term beneficiary refers to an individual to whom a benefit is payable under either the Railroad Retirement Act or the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. Board. The term Board refers to the three-member governing body of the Railroad Retirement Board. Document. The term document includes correspondence, applications, claims, reports, records, memoranda and any other materials or data used, prepared, received or transmitted to, from, by or for the agency in connection with the administration of the Railroad Retirement Act or the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. Information. The term information means any non-medical document or data which is obtained by the agency in the administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and/or the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. Information does not include the fact of entitlement to or the amount of a benefit under either of these Acts. Medical records are subject to the disclosure provisions set out in § 200.5(e) of this part. Testify and testimony. The terms testify and testimony include both in-person oral statements before a court or a legislative or administrative bo… | |||||
| 20:20:1.0.2.7.1.0.155.9 | 20 | Employees' Benefits | II | A | 200 | PART 200—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | § 200.9 Selection of members of Actuarial Advisory Committee. | SSA | [54 FR 43056, Oct. 20, 1989] | (a) Introduction. Under section 15(f) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231n(f)), the Board is directed to select two actuaries to serve on an Actuarial Advisory Committee. This section describes how the two actuaries are selected. (b) Carrier actuary. One member of the Actuarial Advisory Committee shall be selected by recommendations made by “carrier representatives.” “Carrier representatives,” as used in this section, shall mean any organization formed jointly by the express companies, sleeping-car companies and carriers by railroad subject to the Interstate Commerce Act which own or control more than 50 percent of the total railroad mileage within the United States. (c) Railway labor actuary. The other member of the Actuarial Advisory Committee to be selected by the Board shall be recommended by “representatives of employees.” “Representatives of employees,” as used in this section, shall mean any organization or body formed jointly by a majority of railway labor organizations organized in accordance with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, or any individual or committee authorized by a majority of such railway labor organizations to make such recommendation. |
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