Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

45 U.S.C. § 231j

Waiver of annuities

Any person awarded an annuity under this subchapter may decline to accept all or any part of such annuity by a waiver signed and filed with the Board. Such a waiver may be revoked in writing at any time, but no payment of the annuity waived shall be made covering the period during which such waiver was in effect. Such a waiver will have no effect on entitlement to, or the amount of, any other annuity or benefit.

Aug. 29, 1935, ch. 812, § 11June 24, 1937, ch. 38250 Stat. 307Pub. L. 93–445, title I, § 10188 Stat. 1344(, as restated , pt. I, , as restated , , .)