Volume 68
Public Law 83–398
To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended.
Approved June 16, 1954
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 3 (b)
45 USC 228c.
of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended, is hereby further amended, effective October 30, 1951, by striking the last paragraph thereof.
Sec. 2.
In the case of any deceased individual whose death occurred before the first day of the first month following the month in which this Act is enacted, so much of any annuity or pension payment as is due such individual by reason of the enactment of the first section of this Act shall be paid only—
to the widow or widower of the deceased, if such widow or widower is living on such first day; or
if there is no such widow or widower, to the child or children of the deceased if such child or children are living on such first day.
For the purposes of this section, the terms “widow”, “widower”, and “child” have the same meanings as those assigned to such terms by
section 5 (l) (1) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, as amended.
Approved June 16, 1954.