Mystery Agency Submits Mystery Forms for Mystery Review
Published Date: 1/15/2025
Notice
Summary
The Railroad Retirement Board is asking for public feedback on forms they use to figure out retirement and disability benefits for railroad workers. They want to make sure the forms are clear, useful, and not too much work to fill out. If you have thoughts, send them in within 30 days to help improve the process—no extra costs or delays expected.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.
Disability reviews and report changes
The RRB uses Form G-254 (Continuing Disability Report) and G-254a to conduct continuing disability reviews (CDRs); these collections (OMB 3220-0187) obtain work, earnings, and medical information that the RRB uses to determine if a disability annuity continues or should be reduced or not paid. The ICR estimates 2,750 annual responses and 753 annual burden hours. Proposed revisions to G-254 add “Sleeping” to activity lists, remove the word “even” in an answer choice, and add a question about memory/concentration (question 31e).
Railroad employee annuity forms continued
The Railroad Retirement Board will keep using Forms AA-1, AA-1cert, AA-1sum, AA-1d, and G-204 to decide eligibility and payment amounts for employee retirement and disability annuities under OMB Control No. 3220-0002. Completion of these forms is required to obtain or retain benefits; the ICR lists a total of 10,830 annual responses and an estimated 6,902 annual burden hours. Proposed edits to Form AA-1d include updating the date to 06/06/24, adding “Sleeping” to an activity list, and adding a question about memory/concentration (question 35b).
Survivor annuity application updates
The RRB will continue using Forms AA-17 series (AA-17, AA-17b, AA-17cert, AA-17sum, AA-19a) under OMB Control No. 3220-0030 to determine entitlement and amounts for survivor annuities; completion is required to obtain benefits. The notice estimates 3,410 annual responses and 1,314 annual burden hours, and proposes edits such as updating dates to 12/13/24, adding “Sleeping” to activity lists, adding memory/concentration questions (e.g., question 34b/29b), and removing a specific word in certification language.
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