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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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