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verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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legal/us/code/title-45/chapter-12/section-404.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "45 U.S.C. § 404"
+description: "Temporary increase in employers’ contribution rate"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 45
+title_name: "RAILROADS"
+chapter_number: "12"
+chapter_name: "TEMPORARY RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM"
+section: "404"
+citation: "45 U.S.C. § 404"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc45@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t45/s404"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 45 U.S.C. § 404 - Temporary increase in employers’ contribution rate
+
+## Text
+
+Notwithstanding the provisions of section 358(a)2 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, the rate of contribution required to be paid under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act [45 U.S.C. 351 et seq.] by every employer as defined in such Act shall be 4 per centum with respect to compensation as defined in such Act, paid after December 31, 1961, and before January 1, 1964.
+
+(Pub. L. 87–7, § 5, Mar. 24, 1961, 75 Stat. 17.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextSection 358(a) of this title, referred to in text, was amended generally by Pub. L. 100–647, title VII, § 7102(a), Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3759, and, as so amended, does not contain a cl. “2”. The Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, referred to in text, is act June 25, 1938, ch. 680, 52 Stat. 1094, which is classified principally to chapter 11 (§ 351 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 367 of this title and Tables.