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| | House Passage of H.R. 1140 The Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2001 |
 | | On July 31, 2001, the House of Representatives, by a vote of 384-33, passed H.R. 1140, the Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2001. |
 | | Under the bill, Social Security benefit payments will be certified for payment by the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) on the records of workers with either 10 years of service covered under the Railroad Retirement Act or 5 years of such covered service accrued after December 31, 1995. |
 | | A companion bill, S. 697, was introduced in the Senate by Senator Hatch (R., UT) on April 4, 2001, and was referred to the Committee on Finance. |
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