---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 229.21"
title: "20"
number: "229.21"
heading: "When a spouse is eligible for an increase under the overall minimum."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/229.21"
---

# §229.21. When a spouse is eligible for an increase under the overall minimum.


Normally, only the employee annuity receives the amount of the overall minimum increase. However, a spouse annuity may be increased under the O/M in cases in which the O/M benefit amount exceeds the total amount of the employee and spouse annuity.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231(f)(b)(5).

### Source

Source: 58 FR 53397, Oct. 15, 1993, unless otherwise noted.