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§231v Computation and certification of account benefit ratios

Title 45 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - RETIREMENT OF RAILROAD EMPLOYEES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT OF 1974 › § 231v

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Railroad Retirement Board must compute and report the "account benefits ratio" to the Secretary of the Treasury by November 1, 2003 for each of the ten most recent fiscal years. By November 1 of each year after 2003, the Board must compute and report the ratio for the fiscal year that ended in that year. The term "account benefits ratio" is defined in section 3241(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

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Title 45, §231v

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(a)On or before November 1, 2003, the Railroad Retirement Board shall—
(1)compute the account benefits ratios for each of the most recent 10 preceding fiscal years, and
(2)certify the account benefits ratios for each such fiscal year to the Secretary of the Treasury.
(b)On or before November 1 of each year after 2003, the Railroad Retirement Board shall—
(1)compute the account benefits ratio for the fiscal year ending in such year, and
(2)certify the account benefits ratio for such fiscal year to the Secretary of the Treasury.
(c)As used in this section, the term “account benefits ratio” has the meaning given that term in section 3241(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [26 U.S.C. 3241(c)].

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 231v, act Aug. 29, 1935, ch. 812, § 23, as added Aug. 12, 1983, Pub. L. 98–76, title IV, § 418, 97 Stat. 438, provided that for purposes of Inspector General Act of 1978, the Railroad Retirement Board is an “establishment” and the Chairman of such Board the “head of the establishment”, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100–504, title I, §§ 102(e)(3), 113, Oct. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 2517, 2530, effective 180 days after Oct. 18, 1988.

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45 U.S.C. § 231v

Title 45Railroads

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73