{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-216.13","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 216.13","heading":"Regular current connection test.","body":"An employee has a current connection with the railroad industry if he or she meets one of the following requirements:\n(a) The employee has creditable railroad service in at least 12 of the 30 consecutive months immediately preceding the earlier of:\n(1) The month his or her annuity begins; or\n(2) The month he or she dies.\n(b) The employee has creditable railroad service in at least 12 months in a period of 30 consecutive months and does not work in any regular non-railroad employment in the interval between the month the 30-month period ends and the earlier of:\n(1) The month his or her annuity begins; or\n(2) The month he or she dies.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER II—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","SUBCHAPTER B—REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT","PART 216—ELIGIBILITY FOR AN ANNUITY","Subpart B—Current Connection With the Railroad Industry"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"c086f7d369e4b10c1c5b7a53f1583422a6864e89b7e9c5fe6825901119071e1f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-216.12","next":"us/20-cfr-216.14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}