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50 U.S.C. § 2001 — Definitions relating to the system
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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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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 consisting of retirement deductions made from a participant’s basic pay and amounts deposited by a participant covering earlier service, including any amounts deposited under [section 2082(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2082/h&num=0&edition=prelim).
(8) **Congressional intelligence committees** — The term “congressional intelligence committees” means the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
(9) **Employee** — The term “employee” includes an officer of the Agency.
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### 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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**(a) Authority for voluntary contributions**
(1) **In general** — Under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Director, a participant may voluntarily contribute additional sums in multiples of one percent of the participant’s basic pay, but not in excess of 10 percent of such basic pay.
(2) **Interest** — The voluntary contribution account in each case is the sum of unrefunded contributions, plus interest—
(A) for periods before January 1, 1985, at 3 percent a year; and
(B) for periods on or after January 1, 1985, at the rate computed under [section 8334(e) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8334/e&num=0&edition=prelim),
compounded annually to the date of election under subsection (b) or the date of payment under subsection (d).
**(b) Treatment of voluntary contributions** Effective on the date of retirement and at the election of the participant, the participant’s account shall be—
(1) returned in a lump sum;
(2) used to purchase an additional life annuity;
(3) used to purchase an additional life annuity for the participant and to provide for a cash payment on the participant’s death to a beneficiary; or
(4) used to purchase an additional life annuity for the participant and a life annuity commencing on the participant’s death payable to a beneficiary, with a guaranteed return to the beneficiary or the beneficiary’s legal representative of an amount equal to the cash payment referred to in paragraph (3).
In the case of a benefit provided under paragraph (3) or (4), the participant shall notify the Director in writing of the name of the beneficiary of the cash payment or life annuity to be paid upon the participant’s death.
**(c) Value of benefits** The benefits provided by subsection (b)(2), (3
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**(a) Designation of participants** The Director may from time to time designate employees of the Agency who shall be entitled to participate in the system. Employees so designated who elect to participate in the system are referred to in this chapter as “participants”.
**(b) Qualifying service** Designation of employees under this section may be made only from among employees of the Agency who have completed at least 5 years of qualifying service. For purposes of this chapter, qualifying service is service performed by an Agency employee in carrying out duties that are determined by the Director—
(1) to be in support of intelligence activities abroad hazardous to life or health; or
(2) to be so specialized because of security requirements as to be clearly distinguishable from normal government employment.
**(c) Election of employee to be participant**
(1) **Permanence of election** — An employee of the Agency who elects to accept designation as a participant in the system shall remain a participant of the system for the duration of that individual’s employment with the Agency.
(2) **Irrevocability of election** — Such an election shall be irrevocable except as and to the extent provided in [section 2151(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2151/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Election not subject to approval** — An election under this section is not subject to review or approval by the Director.
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### 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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**(a) Prohibition on Recomputation To Reflect Increases in Basic Pay.—** Unless otherwise specifically provided by law, the retired pay of a member or former member of an armed force may not be recomputed to reflect any increase in the rates of basic pay for members of the armed forces.
**(b) Cost-of-Living Adjustments Based on CPI Increases.—**
(1) **Increase required.—** — Effective on December 1 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall increase the retired pay of members and former members entitled to that pay in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) **Percentage increase.—** — Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Secretary shall increase the retired pay of each member and former member by the percent (adjusted to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent) by which—
(A) the price index for the base quarter of that year, exceeds
(B) the base index.
(3) **Reduced percentage for certain post-august 1, 1986 members.—** — If the percent determined under paragraph (2) is greater than 1 percent, the Secretary shall increase the retired pay of each member and former member who first became a member on or after August 1, 1986, and has elected to receive a bonus under section 322 (as in effect before the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008) or [section 354 of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section354&num=0&edition=prelim), by the difference between—
(A) the percent determined under paragraph (2); and
(B) 1 percent.
(4) **Special rule for paragraph (3).—** — If in any case in which an increase in retired pay that would otherwise be made under paragraph (3) is not made by reason of law (other than any provision of this section), then (unless otherwise provided
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**(a) Persons eligible** Except as provided in subsection (e), any individual—
(1) formerly married to an employee or former employee of the Agency, whose marriage was dissolved by divorce or annulment before May 7, 1985;
(2) who, at any time during the eighteen-month period before the divorce or annulment became final, was covered under a health benefits plan as a member of the family of such employee or former employee; and
(3) who was married to such employee for not less than ten years during periods of service by such employee with the Agency, at least five years of which were spent outside the United States by both the employee and the former spouse,
is eligible for coverage under a health benefits plan in accordance with the provisions of this section.
**(b) Enrollment for health benefits**
(1) Any individual eligible for coverage under subsection (a) may enroll in a health benefits plan for self alone or for self and family if, before the expiration of the six-month period beginning on October 1, 1986, and in accordance with such procedures as the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall by regulation prescribe, such individual—
(A) files an election for such enrollment; and
(B) arranges to pay currently into the Employees Health Benefits Fund under [section 8909 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8909&num=0&edition=prelim) an amount equal to the sum of the employee and agency contributions payable in the case of an employee enrolled under chapter 89 of such title in the same health benefits plan and with the same level of benefits.
(2) The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall, as soon as possible, take all steps practicable—
(A) to determine the identity and current addr
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For the purpose of this subchapter—
(1) “employee” means—
(A) an employee as defined by [section 2105 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2105&num=0&edition=prelim);
(B) the Architect of the Capitol, an employee of the Architect of the Capitol, and an employee of the Botanic Garden;
(C) a Congressional employee as defined by [section 2107 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2107&num=0&edition=prelim) (other than the Architect of the Capitol, an employee of the Architect of the Capitol, and an employee of the Botanic Garden), after he gives notice in writing to the official by whom he is paid of his desire to become subject to this subchapter;
(D) a temporary Congressional employee appointed at an annual rate of pay, after he gives notice in writing to the official by whom he is paid of his desire to become subject to this subchapter;
(E) a United States Commissioner whose total pay for services performed as Commissioner is not less than $3,000 in each of the last 3 consecutive calendar years ending after December 31, 1954;
(F) an individual employed by a county committee established under [section 590h(b) of title 16](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section590h/b&num=0&edition=prelim);
(G) an individual first employed by the government of the District of Columbia before October 1, 1987;
(H) an individual employed by Gallaudet College;
(I) an individual appointed to a position on the office staff of a former President under section 1(b) of the Act of August 25, 1958 (72 Stat. 838);
(J) an alien (i) who was previously employed by the Government, (ii) who is employed full time by a foreign government
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**(a) Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund** There is hereby created on the books of the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the “Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund”. The Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund shall consist of the securities held by the Secretary of the Treasury for the Old-Age Reserve Account and the amount standing to the credit of the Old-Age Reserve Account on the books of the Treasury on January 1, 1940, which securities and amount the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to transfer to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, and, in addition, such gifts and bequests as may be made as provided in subsection (i)(1), and such amounts as may be appropriated to, or deposited in, the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund as hereinafter provided. There is hereby appropriated to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and for each fiscal year thereafter, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, amounts equivalent to 100 per centum of—
(1) the taxes (including interest, penalties, and additions to the taxes) received under subchapter A of chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 (and covered into the Treasury) which are deposited into the Treasury by collectors of internal revenue before January 1, 1951; and
(2) the taxes certified each month by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue as taxes received under subchapter A of chapter 9 of such Code which are deposited into the Treasury by collectors of internal revenue after December 31, 1950, and before January 1, 1953, with respect to assessments of such taxes made before January 1, 1951; and
(3) the taxes imposed by
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### Statutory Notes
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Section 403l, comprising section 12 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, act June 20, 1949, ch. 227, was editorially reclassified as [section 3512 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3512&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** A participant who is at least 50 years of age and has completed 20 years of service may, on the participant’s application and with the consent of the Director, be retired from the Agency and receive benefits in accordance with the provisions of [section 2031 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2031&num=0&edition=prelim) if the participant has not less than 10 years of service with the Agency.
**(b)** A participant who has at least 25 years of service, ten years of which are with the Agency, may retire, with the consent of the Director, at any age and receive benefits in accordance with the provisions of [section 2031 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2031&num=0&edition=prelim) if the Office of Personnel Management has authorized separation from service voluntarily for Agency employees under [section 8336(d)(2) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8336/d/2&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to the Civil Service Retirement System or section 8414(b)(1)(B) of such title with respect to the Federal Employees’ Retirement System.
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