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title: "45 U.S.C. § 209"
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title_number: 45
title_name: "RAILROADS"
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chapter_name: "RETIREMENT OF RAILROAD EMPLOYEES"
section: "209"
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# 45 U.S.C. § 209 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 649

## Notes

Section, act June 27, 1934, ch. 868, § 9, 48 Stat. 1287, established a Railroad Retirement Board and set out its functions.