Railroad Retirement Fairness Act

The Railroad Retirement Fairness Act (H.R. 626) aims to protect the pension eligibility of railroad workers who receive incorrect or incomplete information from the Railroad Retirement Board. Under current law, workers must maintain a "current connection" to the industry to qualify for certain benefits; this bill ensures that a worker would not lose that status if they were misled by the Board regarding the requirements. If enacted, the bill would apply retroactively to benefit applications filed as far back as 1989, preventing administrative errors from unfairly denying retirees their earned benefits.