The Railroad Retirement Board issued two rule changes on Aug 10, 2026: one lets the Board, not the Social Security Administration, pay Title II Social Security benefits to rail workers and their families. The other resets the monthly earnings limit for rail workers on disability, and the notice does not give the new dollar amount.
Railroad Retirement Board Amends Two Rules
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The Railroad Retirement Board amended two regulations on Aug 10, 2026.
Both cited Federal Register documents carry a 2026/08/10 publication date, but that date is the scheduled publication date rather than a confirmed action date, and the story was written before it.
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The second amended rule resets the monthly earnings limit for workers on disability.
A source titled 'Determining Disability' (2026-16250) is listed, but the specific characterization as a reset earnings limit is a single-source paraphrase with no figure given.
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The two rules were issued as a coordinated pair addressing railroad worker benefits.
Inferred from the two documents sharing a publication date and agency; no source states they were issued together or for a common purpose.