Title 45 — RailroadsRelease 119-73not60
§231j Waiver of Annuities
Title 45 › Chapter 9— RETIREMENT OF RAILROAD EMPLOYEES › Subchapter IV— RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT OF 1974 › § 231j
Summary
You may waive all or part of an annuity by signing and filing a waiver with the Board. Revoking requires writing; no payments due for waived time, and other benefits stay unaffected.
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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
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60