---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 295.1"
title: "20"
number: "295.1"
heading: "Introduction."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/295.1"
---

# §295.1. Introduction.

- (a) **Purpose.** This part implements section 419 of Public Law 98-76 (97 Stat. 438), which amended section 14 of the Railroad Retirement Act to provide that, with respect to annuity amounts payable for months beginning with September 1983, the Board must comply with a court decree of divorce, annulment or legal separation, or with the terms of any court-approved property settlement incident to any such decree, which characterizes specified benefits as property subject to distribution. This part also implements section 1003 of Public Law 109-280 (120 Stat. 1053), which amended section 5 of the Railroad Retirement Act to allow the payment of an employee's tier II benefit component awarded to a former spouse as part of a property distribution incident to a decree of divorce, annulment, or legal separation to continue after the employee's death. Garnishment of benefits for alimony or child support is dealt with in [part 350](/cfr/20/part350.md) of this chapter.
- (b) **Benefits subject to this part.** Only the following benefits or portions of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act are subject to this part:
  - (1) Employee annuity net tier II benefit component as provided under section 3(b) of the Railroad Retirement Act;
  - (2) Employee annuity vested dual benefit component as provided under section 3(h) of the Act;
  - (3) Employee annuity increase as provided under section 3(f) of the Act; and
  - (4) **Supplemental annuities as provided under section 2(b) of the Act.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[51 FR 12845, Apr. 16, 1986, as amended at 73 FR 47045, Aug. 13, 2008]

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f; 45 U.S.C. 231m.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 12845, Apr. 16, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[51 FR 12845, Apr. 16, 1986, as amended at 73 FR 47045, Aug. 13, 2008]