---
kind: "unit"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Employees' Benefits"
key: "chII/subchB"
level: "subchap"
label: "Subchapter B"
heading: "Regulations under the Railroad Retirement Act"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/chII-subchB"
sections_count: 645
---

# Subchapter B — Regulations under the Railroad Retirement Act

Title 20 C.F.R. — Employees' Benefits › Chapter II — Railroad Retirement Board

## Contents

- [Part 201 — Definitions](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part201.md)
- [Part 202 — Employers under the Act](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part202.md)
- [Part 203 — Employees under the Act](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part203.md)
- [Part 204 — Employment Relation](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part204.md)
- [Part 205 — Employee Representative](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part205.md)
- [Part 206 — Account Benefits Ratio](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part206.md)
- [Part 209 — Railroad Employers' Reports and Responsibilities](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part209.md)
- [Part 210 — Creditable Railroad Service](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part210.md)
- [Part 211 — Creditable Railroad Compensation](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part211.md)
- [Part 212 — Military Service](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part212.md)
- [Part 216 — Eligibility for an Annuity](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part216.md)
- [Part 217 — Application for Annuity or Lump Sum](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part217.md)
- [Part 218 — Annuity Beginning and Ending Dates](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part218.md)
- [Part 219 — Evidence Required for Payment](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part219.md)
- [Part 220 — Determining Disability](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part220.md)
- [Part 221 — Jurisdiction Determinations](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part221.md)
- [Part 222 — Family Relationships](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part222.md)
- [Part 225 — Primary Insurance Amount Determinations](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part225.md)
- [Part 226 — Computing Employee, Spouse, and Divorced Spouse Annuities](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part226.md)
- [Part 227 — Computing Supplemental Annuities](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part227.md)
- [Part 228 — Computation of Survivor Annuities](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part228.md)
- [Part 229 — Social Security Overall Minimum Guarantee](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part229.md)
- [Part 230 — Months Annuities Not Payable by Reason of Work](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part230.md)
- [Part 233 — Reduction in the Windfall Benefit Annuity Component](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part233.md)
- [Part 234 — Lump-Sum Payments](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part234.md)
- [Part 235 — Payment of Social Security Benefits by the Railroad Retirement Board](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part235.md)
- [Part 236-240 — Parts 236-240 [reserved]](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part236-240.md)
- [Part 243 — Transfer, Assignment, or Waiver of Payments](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part243.md)
- [Part 250 — Part 250 [reserved]](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part250.md)
- [Part 255 — Recovery of Overpayments](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part255.md)
- [Part 258 — Hearings Before the Board or Designated Examiners](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part258.md)
- [Part 259 — Initial Determinations and Appeals from Initial Determinations with Respect to Employer Status and Employee Status](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part259.md)
- [Part 260 — Requests for Reconsideration and Appeals Within the Board](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part260.md)
- [Part 261 — Administrative Finality](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part261.md)
- [Part 262 — Part 262 [reserved]](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part262.md)
- [Part 266 — Representative Payment](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part266.md)
- [Part 295 — Payments Pursuant to Court Decree or Court-Approved Property Settlement](/cfr/20/chII-subchB-part295.md)