Title 45 — RailroadsRelease 119-73
§231g Court jurisdiction
Title 45 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - RETIREMENT OF RAILROAD EMPLOYEES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT OF 1974 › § 231g
Summary
You can ask a court to review Board decisions about a person’s rights or legal duties under this part. The review follows the same rules and limits that apply to reviews under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. But if the decision is about an annuity, supplemental annuity, or a lump‑sum benefit, you must start court proceedings within one year after the Board puts the decision in its records and tells the person who filed the claim.
Full Legal Text
Title 45, §231g
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Decisions of the Board determining the rights or liabilities of any person under this subchapter shall be subject to judicial review in the same manner, subject to the same limitations, and all provisions of law shall apply in the same manner as though the decision were a determination of corresponding rights or liabilities under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act [45 U.S.C. 351 et seq.] except that the time within which proceedings for the review of a decision with respect to an annuity, supplemental annuity, or lump-sum benefit may be commenced shall be one year after the decision will have been entered upon the records of the Board and communicated to the claimant.
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The Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, referred to in text, is act June 25, 1938, ch. 680, 52 Stat. 1094, which is classified principally to chapter 11 (§ 351 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 367 of this title and Tables.
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45 U.S.C. § 231g
Title 45 — Railroads
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73