Title 45, RailroadsRelease 119-102
§231o Private Pensions
Title 45 › CHAPTER 9 — RETIREMENT OF RAILROAD EMPLOYEES › SUBCHAPTER IV — RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT OF 1974 › § 231o
Summary
Employers may pay retired workers extra pensions or one-time gifts on top of the annuities they get under the subchapter. Earlier trusts set up to pay those extra pensions or gifts keep operating and are not ended by this rule. An individual’s annuity under the subchapter cannot be cut because an employer pays that person a pension or gratuity. The only exception is a supplemental annuity under section 231a(b).
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Title 45, §231o
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Nothing in this subchapter shall be taken as restricting or discouraging payment by employers to retired employees of pensions or gratuities in addition to the annuities paid to such employees under this subchapter, nor shall this subchapter be taken as terminating any trust heretofore created for the payment of such pensions or gratuities. The annuity, except a supplemental annuity under section 231a(b) of this title, of an individual shall not be reduced on account of any pension or gratuity paid by an employer to such individual.
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45 U.S.C. § 231o
Title 45, Railroads
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102