A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to reduce the minimum age requirements for retirement to age 55 in certain cases, to make corresponding changes in the age requirements for spouses' benefits, and to make the new requirements apply to all spouses' annuities without regard to the date the relevant employees retired.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

7 March 1979

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Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Summary

Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to lower the age at which specified railroad employees, their spouses, or their surviving spouses are entitled to an annuity from age 60 to age 55.

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summary · EN · 7 March 1979
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-bill/2696
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