Railroad Retirement Board
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The Railroad Retirement Board is an independent U.S. federal agency that administers retirement, survivor, unemployment, and sickness benefits for the nation’s railroad workers and their families.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Railroad Retirement Board canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | independent federal agency ⓘ |
| administers |
Medicare coverage for eligible railroad beneficiaries
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railroad retirement benefits ⓘ railroad sickness benefits ⓘ railroad survivor benefits ⓘ railroad unemployment benefits ⓘ |
| appointedBy | President of the United States ⓘ |
| benefitType |
age and service annuities
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disability annuities ⓘ sickness insurance benefits ⓘ spouse annuities ⓘ unemployment insurance benefits ⓘ widow and widower annuities ⓘ |
| boardMembersConfirmedBy | United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Social Security Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collects |
railroad employee compensation records
ⓘ
railroad employee service records ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateFormed | 1935 ⓘ |
| distinctFrom | Social Security Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedAs | successor to the Railroad Retirement system under the Social Security Act amendments ⓘ |
| fundingMechanism |
payroll taxes on railroad employees
ⓘ
payroll taxes on railroad employers ⓘ |
| governingBody | three-member board ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | RRB NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBoardSize | 3 ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.rrb.gov ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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surface form:
Chicago, Illinois
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Railroad Retirement Act
NERFINISHED
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Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| oversees |
Railroad Retirement Trust Fund
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentAgency | United States federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Railroad Retirement system administered by the Social Security Board ⓘ |
| programType |
defined-benefit pension system
ⓘ
social insurance program ⓘ |
| regulates |
eligibility for railroad retirement benefits
ⓘ
eligibility for railroad unemployment benefits ⓘ |
| sectorServed | railroad industry ⓘ |
| serves |
families of railroad workers
ⓘ
railroad workers ⓘ |
| supervises | railroad employers’ reporting of service and compensation ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations
subject surface form:
Title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations