[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8608 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8608

To temporarily suspend non-payment provisions and deduction provisions 
     for certain former railroad employees, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2022

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To temporarily suspend non-payment provisions and deduction provisions 
     for certain former railroad employees, 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 ``Retirees to Rail Act''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUED ANNUITY PAYMENT PROVISIONS.

    (a) Temporary Suspension of Non-Payment Provisions.--Subsections 
(e)(3) and (g)(1) of section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act (45 
U.S.C. 231a) shall not apply beginning on the first day of the month of 
the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the last day of the 
month 30 days after the date on which the reporting of employment 
information in Item 8 of Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Service--
Railroad Reporting, EP 770 (Sub-No. 1), at 7 (STB served May 6, 2022) 
expires.
    (b) Temporary Suspension of Deduction Provisions.--Subsection 
(f)(6) of section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act (45 U.S.C. 231a) 
shall not apply based on the compensation received by an individual or 
spouse from compensated service rendered to an employer pursuant to the 
temporary suspension of subsections (e)(3) and (g)(1) of section 2 of 
the Railroad Retirement Act (45 U.S.C. 231a), as provided in section 
2(a) of this Act.
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