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Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§9030 Waiver of the 7-day waiting period for benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 116— - CORONAVIRUS ECONOMIC STABILIZATION (CARES ACT) › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROVISIONS › § 9030

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

For any registration period that starts after March 27, 2020 and ends on or before September 6, 2021, two specific parts of section 2(a)(1) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B)(ii)) will not apply. The Railroad Retirement Board can write the rules needed to put this into action. Up to $50,000,000 from the Treasury is provided to pay the extra benefits caused by this change. When that money is used up, the change no longer applies to registration periods that begin after the date the funds run out. Registration period means the same term as defined in section 1 of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §9030

Commerce and Trade — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)With respect to any registration period beginning after March 27, 2020, and ending on or before September 6, 2021, subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B)(ii) of section 2(a)(1) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(a)(1)) shall not apply.
(b)The Railroad Retirement Board may prescribe any operating instructions or regulations necessary to carry out this section.
(c)Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated $50,000,000 to cover the costs of additional benefits payable due to the application of subsection (a). Upon the exhaustion of the funds appropriated under this subsection, subsection (a) shall no longer apply with respect to any registration period beginning after the date of exhaustion of funds.
(d)For purposes of this section, the term “registration period” has the meaning given such term under section 1 of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 351).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–2 substituted “
September 6, 2021” for “
March 14, 2021”. 2020—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–260 substituted “
March 14, 2021” for “
December 31, 2020”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Regulations

Pub. L. 116–260, div. N, title II, § 234(b), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1959, provided that: “The Railroad Retirement Board may prescribe any operating instructions or

Regulations

necessary to carry out this section [amending this section and enacting provisions set out as a note under this section].” Clarification on Authority To Use Funds Pub. L. 117–2, title II, § 2903(b), Mar. 11, 2021, 135 Stat. 50, provided that: “Funds appropriated under section 2112(c) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9030(c)) shall be available to cover the cost of additional benefits payable due to section 2112(a) of such Act by reason of the

Amendments

made by subsection (a) [amending this section] as well as to cover the cost of such benefits payable due to such section 2112(a) as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act [Mar. 11, 2021].” Pub. L. 116–260, div. N, title II, § 234(c), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1959, provided that: “Funds appropriated under section 2112(c) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9030(c)) shall be available to cover the cost of additional benefits payable due to section 2112(a) of such Act [15 U.S.C. 9030(a)] by reason of the

Amendments

made by subsection (a) [amending this section] as well as to cover the cost of such benefits payable due to such section 2112(a) as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 27, 2020].”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

15 U.S.C. § 9030

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73