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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY TYRRELL
1 3 (COMPANION TO LSB 4413SS BY DRAKE)
1 4 A Concurrent Resolution urging federal Congressional
1 5 support for widows and widowers under the federal
1 6 Railroad Retirement Act of 1974.
1 7 WHEREAS, a Concurrent Resolution has been
1 8 introduced in the United States House of
1 9 Representatives to encourage the United States
1 10 Railroad Retirement Board to modify the guaranteed
1 11 minimum benefit for widows and widowers to provide
1 12 adequate annuities; and
1 13 WHEREAS, for years, many in the railroad industry
1 14 have argued that annuities paid to widows and widowers
1 15 under the federal Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 are
1 16 inadequate; and
1 17 WHEREAS, during the lifetime of a railroad employee
1 18 and the employee's spouse, the employee receives a
1 19 full annuity and so does the spouse; and
1 20 WHEREAS, however, after the employee's death, only
1 21 a widow's or widower's annuity is payable, which under
1 22 current law is no less than that widow or widower
1 23 received as a spouse in the month before the
1 24 employee's death; and
1 25 WHEREAS, the widow's or widower's annuity is often
1 26 found inadequate and leaves the survivor with less
1 27 than the amount of income needed to meet ordinary and
1 28 necessary living expenses; and
1 29 WHEREAS, no outside contributions from taxpayers
1 30 are needed, and any changes will be paid for from
2 1 within the railroad industry itself, including a full
2 2 share by active employees; NOW THEREFORE,
2 3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 4 SENATE CONCURRING, That the General Assembly urges the
2 5 United States Congress to support U.S. House of
2 6 Representatives Concurrent Resolution 52 that calls
2 7 for the Congress of the United States to recognize the
2 8 concern of many in the railroad industry that the
2 9 spousal annuity under the current system is inadequate
2 10 and often leaves the survivor with less than the
2 11 amount of income needed to meet ordinary and necessary
2 12 living expenses and that a process of dialogue must
2 13 take place among all parties of the railroad
2 14 community, including rail labor, management, and
2 15 retiree organizations, before railroad annuity
2 16 legislation can be enacted; and
2 17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the General Assembly
2 18 supports adoption of the federal Congressional
2 19 resolution which urges and exhorts all parties of the
2 20 railroad community, including rail labor, management,
2 21 and retiree organizations, to find a suitable way to
2 22 fund an amendment that would improve the survivor
2 23 benefits component to the Railroad Retirement Act of
2 24 1974; and
2 25 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
2 26 Resolution be sent by the Chief Clerk of the House of
2 27 Representatives to the President of the United States,
2 28 the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker
2 29 of the United States House of Representatives, all
2 30 members of the Iowa Congressional delegation, and the
3 1 members of the United States Railroad Retirement
3 2 Board.
3 3 LSB 4413HH 77
3 4 ec/jl/8
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