[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6422 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6422

 To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 with respect to current 
                              connection.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2010

  Mr. Stupak introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 with respect to current 
                              connection.

    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 Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL RULE FOR ESTABLISHING CURRENT CONNECTION RELATING TO 
              CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1(o) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 
1974 is amended by inserting ``the Department of State (in a position 
the Secretary of State certifies as railroad related),'' before ``the 
Department of Transportation''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section applies 
with respect to annuities payable for months beginning after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. EQUITABLE EXTENSION OF CURRENT CONNECTION.

    (a) Equitable Estoppel.--Section 1(o) of the Railroad Retirement 
Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231(o)) is amended by inserting ``An individual 
who, at the time the individual makes an inquiry to the Board, has a 
current connection shall not be deemed to have lost that current 
connection thereafter if the Board misleads or fails to properly inform 
that individual about that requirement and if that conduct by the 
Board, according to the principles of equity, should stop the Board 
from deeming the individual to have lost that current connection.'' 
after the first sentence.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section applies 
with respect to annuities applied for on or after February 3, 1989.
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