---
kind: "unit"
title: "45"
title_heading: "Railroads"
key: "ch9/schIV"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter IV"
heading: "Railroad Retirement Act of 1974"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/45/ch9-schIV"
sections_count: 25
---

# Subchapter IV — Railroad Retirement Act of 1974

Title 45 — Railroads › Chapter 9 — Retirement of Railroad Employees

## Sections

- [§231. Definitions](/usc/45/231.md)
- [§231a. Annuity eligibility requirements](/usc/45/231a.md)
- [§231b. Computation of annuities](/usc/45/231b.md)
- [§231c. Computation of spouse and survivor annuities](/usc/45/231c.md)
- [§231d. Annuity beginning and ending dates](/usc/45/231d.md)
- [§231e. Lump sum payments](/usc/45/231e.md)
- [§231f. Railroad Retirement Board](/usc/45/231f.md)
- [§231f–1. Annual actuarial report](/usc/45/231f-1.md)
- [§231g. Court jurisdiction](/usc/45/231g.md)
- [§231h. Returns of compensation; conclusiveness](/usc/45/231h.md)
- [§231i. Erroneous payments](/usc/45/231i.md)
- [§231j. Waiver of annuities](/usc/45/231j.md)
- [§231k. Incompetence](/usc/45/231k.md)
- [§231l. Penalties](/usc/45/231l.md)
- [§231m. Assignability; exemption from levy](/usc/45/231m.md)
- [§231n. Railroad Retirement Account](/usc/45/231n.md)
- [§231n–1. Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account](/usc/45/231n-1.md)
- [§231o. Private pensions](/usc/45/231o.md)
- [§231p. Free transportation](/usc/45/231p.md)
- [§231q. Crediting service under Social Security Act](/usc/45/231q.md)
- [§231r. Automatic benefit eligibility requirement adjustments](/usc/45/231r.md)
- [§231s. Separability](/usc/45/231s.md)
- [§231t. Short title](/usc/45/231t.md)
- [§231u. Benefit preservation](/usc/45/231u.md)
- [§231v. Computation and certification of account benefit ratios](/usc/45/231v.md)