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Railroad retirement and railroad unemployment-sickness insurance programs.
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Provide income security for retired and disabled railroad workers, their family members, and survivors, and financial benefits for railroad workers who are unemployed or unable to work due to illness or injury. Also, administer Medicare coverage for railroad workers and their family members.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
For more information on each of these data sources, please see the
About the data page.
About 493,000 individuals received benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act, with approximately 15,600 receiving unemployment and sickness benefits, including benefits paid under the Continued Assistance to Rail Workers Act of 2020 and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
About 467,000 individuals received benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act, with approximately 12,270 received unemployment and sickness benefits.
About 455,000 individuals are expected to receive benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act, with approximately 10,500 receiving unemployment and sickness benefits.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
