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50 U.S.C. § 3607 — Support for activities and personnel outside the United States

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50 U.S.C. § 3607 — Support for activities and personnel outside the United States

**(a) Leasing of real property** Notwithstanding section 322 of the Act of June 30, 1932, [section 5536 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5536&num=0&edition=prelim), and [section 2675 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2675&num=0&edition=prelim), the Director of the National Security Agency, on behalf of the Secretary of Defense, may lease real property outside the United States, for periods not exceeding ten years, for the use of the National Security Agency for special cryptologic activities and for housing for personnel assigned to such activities. **(b) Allowances and benefits, housing, and retirement accrual** The Director of the National Security Agency, on behalf of the Secretary of Defense, may provide to certain civilian and military personnel of the Department of Defense who are assigned to special cryptologic activities outside the United States and who are designated by the Secretary of Defense for the purposes of this subsection— (1) allowances and benefits— (A) comparable to those provided by the Secretary of State to members of the Foreign Service under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ([22 U.S.C. 4081](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4081&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) or any other provision of law; and (B) in the case of selected personnel serving in circumstances similar to those in which personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency serve, comparable to those provided by the Director of Central Intelligence to personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency; (2) housing (including heat, light, and household equipment) without cost to such personnel, if the Director of the Nat

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**(a) Leasing of real property** Notwithstanding section 322 of the Act of June 30, 1932, [section 5536 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5536&num=0&edition=prelim), and [section 2675 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2675&num=0&edition=prelim), the Director of the National Security Agency, on behalf of the Secretary of Defense, may lease real property outside the United States, for periods not exceeding ten years, for the use of the National Security Agency for special cryptologic activities and for housing for personnel assigned to such activities. **(b) Allowances and benefits, housing, and retirement accrual** The Director of the National Security Agency, on behalf of the Secretary of Defense, may provide to certain civilian and military personnel of the Department of Defense who are assigned to special cryptologic activities outside the United States and who are designated by the Secretary of Defense for the purposes of this subsection— (1) allowances and benefits— (A) comparable to those provided by the Secretary of State to members of the Foreign Service under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ([22 U.S.C. 4081](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4081&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) or any other provision of law; and (B) in the case of selected personnel serving in circumstances similar to those in which personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency serve, comparable to those provided by the Director of Central Intelligence to personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency; (2) housing (including heat, light, and household equipment) without cost to such personnel, if the Director of the National Security Agency, on behalf of the Secretary of Defense determines that it would be in the public interest to provide such housing; and (3) special retirement accrual in the same manner provided in [section 2153 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2153&num=0&edition=prelim) and in [section 3518 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3518&num=0&edition=prelim). **(c) Authority subject to availability of appropriated funds** The authority of the Director of the National Security Agency, on behalf of the Secretary of Defense, to make payments under subsections (a) and (b), and under contracts for leases entered into under subsection (a), is effective for any fiscal year only to the extent that appropriated funds are available for such purpose. **(d) Members of Armed Forces** Members of the Armed Forces may not receive benefits under both subsection (b)(1) and title 37 for the same purpose. The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this subsection. **(e) Regulations** Regulations issued pursuant to subsection (b)(1) shall be submitted to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate before such regulations take effect.

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10 U.S.C. § 2675 — Leases: foreign countries

**(a) Lease Authority; Duration.—** The Secretary of a military department may acquire by lease in foreign countries structures and real property relating to structures that are needed for military purposes other than for military family housing. A lease under this section may be for a period of up to 10 years, or 15 years in the case of a lease in Korea, and the rental for each yearly period may be paid from funds appropriated to that military department for that year. **(b) Availability of Funds.—** Appropriations available to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance or construction may be used for the acquisition of interests in land under this section.

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10 U.S.C. § 1621 — Defense Intelligence Agency merit pay system

The Secretary of Defense may by regulation establish a merit pay system for such employees of the Defense Intelligence Agency as the Secretary considers appropriate. The merit pay system shall be designed to carry out purposes consistent with those set forth in [section 5401 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5401&num=0&edition=prelim), as in effect on October 31, 1993.

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22 U.S.C. § 3901 — Congressional findings and objectives

**(a)** The Congress finds that— (1) a career foreign service, characterized by excellence and professionalism, is essential in the national interest to assist the President and the Secretary of State in conducting the foreign affairs of the United States; (2) the scope and complexity of the foreign affairs of the Nation have heightened the need for a professional foreign service that will serve the foreign affairs interests of the United States in an integrated fashion and that can provide a resource of qualified personnel for the President, the Secretary of State, and the agencies concerned with foreign affairs; (3) the Foreign Service of the United States, established under the Act of May 24, 1924 (commonly known as the Rogers Act) and continued by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, must be preserved, strengthened, and improved in order to carry out its mission effectively in response to the complex challenges of modern diplomacy and international relations; (4) the members of the Foreign Service should be representative of the American people, aware of the principles and history of the United States and informed of current concerns and trends in American life, knowledgeable of the affairs, cultures, and languages of other countries, and available to serve in assignments throughout the world; and (5) the Foreign Service should be operated on the basis of merit principles. **(b)** The objective of this chapter is to strengthen and improve the Foreign Service of the United States by— (1) assuring, in accordance with merit principles, admission through impartial and rigorous examination, acquisition of career status only by those who have demonstrated their fitness through successful completion of probationary assignments, effective career development, advancement

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50 U.S.C. § 2153 — Special rules for other employees for service abroad

**(a) Special computation rule** Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 84 of title 5, the annuity under subchapter II of such chapter of a retired employee of the Agency who is not designated under [section 2152(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2152/a&num=0&edition=prelim) and who has served abroad as an employee of the Agency after December 31, 1986, shall be computed as provided in subsection (b). **(b) Computation** (1) **Service abroad** — The portion of the annuity relating to such service abroad shall be computed as provided in [section 8415(e) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8415/e&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) **Other service** — The portions of the annuity relating to other creditable service shall be computed as provided in section 8415 of such title that is applicable to such service under the conditions prescribed in chapter 84 of such title.

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5 U.S.C. § 8401 — Definitions

For the purpose of this chapter— (1) the term “account” means an account established and maintained under [section 8439(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8439/a&num=0&edition=prelim); (2) the term “annuitant” means a former employee or Member who, on the basis of that individual’s service, meets all requirements for title to an annuity under subchapter II or V of this chapter and files claim therefor; (3) the term “average pay” means the largest annual rate resulting from averaging an employee’s or Member’s rates of basic pay in effect over any 3 consecutive years of service or, in the case of an annuity under this chapter based on service of less than 3 years, over the total service, with each rate weighted by the period it was in effect; (4) the term “basic pay” has the meaning given such term by section 8331(3); (5) the term “Board” means the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board established by [section 8472(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8472/a&num=0&edition=prelim); (6) the term “Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund” or “Fund” means the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund under section 8348; (7) the term “court” means any court of any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands, and any Indian court; (8) the term “Director” means the Director of the Office of Personnel Management; (9) the term “dynamic assumptions” means economic assumptions that are used in determining actuarial costs and liabilities of a retirement system and in anticipating the effects of long-term future— (A) investment yields; (B) increases in rates of basic p

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50 U.S.C. § 402 — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 401, comprising section 2 of the National Security Act of 1947, act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, was editorially reclassified as [section 3002 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3002&num=0&edition=prelim).

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50 U.S.C. § 403 — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 402b, comprising section 902 of the Counterintelligence Enhancement Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107–306, title IX, and also of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003, Pub. L. 107–306, was editorially reclassified as [section 3382 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3382&num=0&edition=prelim).

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50 U.S.C. § 3518 — Special annuity computation rules for certain employees’ service abroad

**(a) Officers and employees to whom rules apply** Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 83 of title 5, the annuity under subchapter III of such chapter of an officer or employee of the Central Intelligence Agency who retires on or after October 1, 1989, is not designated under [section 2013 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2013&num=0&edition=prelim), and has served abroad as an officer or employee of the Agency on or after January 1, 1987, shall be computed as provided in subsection (b). **(b) Computation rules** (1) The portion of the annuity relating to such service abroad that is actually performed at any time during the officer’s or employee’s first ten years of total service shall be computed at the rate and using the percent of average pay specified in [section 8339(a)(3) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8339/a/3&num=0&edition=prelim) that is normally applicable only to so much of an employee’s total service as exceeds ten years. (2) The portion of the annuity relating to service abroad as described in subsection (a) but that is actually performed at any time after the officer’s or employee’s first ten years of total service shall be computed as provided in [section 8339(a)(3) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8339/a/3&num=0&edition=prelim); but, in addition, the officer or employee shall be deemed for annuity computation purposes to have actually performed an equivalent period of service abroad during his or her first ten years of total service, and in calculating the portion of the officer’s or employee’s annuity for his or her first ten years of total service, the computation rate and percent

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5 U.S.C. § 5536 — Extra pay for extra services prohibited

An employee or a member of a uniformed service whose pay or allowance is fixed by statute or regulation may not receive additional pay or allowance for the disbursement of public money or for any other service or duty, unless specifically authorized by law and the appropriation therefor specifically states that it is for the additional pay or allowance.

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50 U.S.C. § 2001 — Definitions relating to the system

When used in this chapter: (1) **Agency** — The term “Agency” means the Central Intelligence Agency. (2) **Director** — The term “Director” means the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. (3) **Qualifying service** — The term “qualifying service” means service determined by the Director to have been performed in carrying out duties described in [section 2013 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2013&num=0&edition=prelim). (4) **Fund balance** — The term “fund balance” means the sum of— (A) the investments of the fund calculated at par value; and (B) the cash balance of the fund on the books of the Treasury. (5) **Unfunded liability** — The term “unfunded liability” means the estimated amount by which— (A) the present value of all benefits payable from the fund exceeds (B) the sum of— (i) the present value of deductions to be withheld from the future basic pay of participants subject to subchapter II and of future Agency contributions to be made on the behalf of such participants; (ii) the present value of Government payments to the fund under sections 2091(c) and 2091(d) of this title; and (iii) the fund balance as of the date on which the unfunded liability is determined. (6) **Normal cost** — The term “normal cost” means the level percentage of payroll required to be deposited in the fund to meet the cost of benefits payable under the system (computed in accordance with generally accepted actuarial practice on an entry-age basis) less the value of retirement benefits earned under another retirement system for government employees and less the cost of credit allowed for military service. (7) **Lump-sum credit** — The term “lump-sum credit” means the unrefunded amount consisti

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