Title 45, RailroadsRelease 119-102
§231j Waiver of Annuities
Title 45 › CHAPTER 9 — RETIREMENT OF RAILROAD EMPLOYEES › SUBCHAPTER IV — RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT OF 1974 › § 231j
Summary
Submit a signed waiver to the Board to refuse any or all of an annuity; you may revoke it anytime, but you lose payments for waived periods and keep other benefits.
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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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102