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