[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5074 Referred in Senate (RFS)]


109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5074


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 26, 2006

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to provide for continued 
   payment of railroad retirement annuities by the Department of the 
                   Treasury, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Railroad Retirement Technical 
Improvement Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. DISBURSEMENT AGENT.

    Section 7(b)(4) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 
231f(b)(4)) is amended so that subparagraph (A) reads as follows:
                    ``(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall serve as 
                the disbursing agent for benefits payable under this 
                Act, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary 
                may in the Secretary's discretion prescribe.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 25, 2006.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.