Title 45 — RailroadsRelease 119-73
§231j Waiver of annuities
Title 45 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - RETIREMENT OF RAILROAD EMPLOYEES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT OF 1974 › § 231j
Summary
You can give up all or part of an annuity (a regular payment) you were awarded under this part by signing and filing a waiver with the Board. You can cancel that written waiver at any time, but you will not get payments for any period when the waiver was in effect, and giving up the payment does not change your right to, or the amount of, any other annuity or benefit.
Full Legal Text
Title 45, §231j
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Any person awarded an annuity under this subchapter may decline to accept all or any part of such annuity by a waiver signed and filed with the Board. Such a waiver may be revoked in writing at any time, but no payment of the annuity waived shall be made covering the period during which such waiver was in effect. Such a waiver will have no effect on entitlement to, or the amount of, any other annuity or benefit.
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45 U.S.C. § 231j
Title 45 — Railroads
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73