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50 U.S.C. § 3519a — Separation pay program for voluntary separation from service
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**(a) Definitions** For purposes of this section—
(1) the term “Director” means the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; and
(2) the term “employee” means an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency, serving under an appointment without time limitation, who has been currently employed for a continuous period of at least 12 months, except that such term does not include—
(A) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5 or another retirement system for employees of the Government; or
(B) an employee having a disability on the basis of which such employee is or would be eligible for disability retirement under any of the retirement systems referred to in subparagraph (A).
**(b) Establishment of program** In order to avoid or minimize the need for involuntary separations due to downsizing, reorganization, transfer of function, or other similar action, the Director may establish a program under which employees may be offered separation pay to separate from service voluntarily (whether by retirement or resignation). An employee who receives separation pay under such program may not be reemployed by the Central Intelligence Agency for the 12-month period beginning on the effective date of the employee’s separation. An employee who receives separation pay under this section on the basis of a separation occurring on or after March 30, 1994, and accepts employment with the Government of the United States within 5 years after the date of the separation on which payment of the separation pay is based shall be required to repay the entire amount of the separation pay to the Central Intelligence Agency. If the employment is with an Executive agency (as defined by [section 105 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req
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**(a) Definitions** For purposes of this section—
(1) the term “Director” means the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; and
(2) the term “employee” means an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency, serving under an appointment without time limitation, who has been currently employed for a continuous period of at least 12 months, except that such term does not include—
(A) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5 or another retirement system for employees of the Government; or
(B) an employee having a disability on the basis of which such employee is or would be eligible for disability retirement under any of the retirement systems referred to in subparagraph (A).
**(b) Establishment of program** In order to avoid or minimize the need for involuntary separations due to downsizing, reorganization, transfer of function, or other similar action, the Director may establish a program under which employees may be offered separation pay to separate from service voluntarily (whether by retirement or resignation). An employee who receives separation pay under such program may not be reemployed by the Central Intelligence Agency for the 12-month period beginning on the effective date of the employee’s separation. An employee who receives separation pay under this section on the basis of a separation occurring on or after March 30, 1994, and accepts employment with the Government of the United States within 5 years after the date of the separation on which payment of the separation pay is based shall be required to repay the entire amount of the separation pay to the Central Intelligence Agency. If the employment is with an Executive agency (as defined by [section 105 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section105&num=0&edition=prelim)), the Director of the Office of Personnel Management may, at the request of the head of the agency, waive the repayment if the individual involved possesses unique abilities and is the only qualified applicant available for the position. If the employment is with an entity in the legislative branch, the head of the entity or the appointing official may waive the repayment if the individual involved possesses unique abilities and is the only qualified applicant available for the position. If the employment is with the judicial branch, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may waive the repayment if the individual involved possesses unique abilities and is the only qualified applicant available for the position.
**(c) Bar on certain employment**
(1) **Bar** — An employee may not be separated from service under this section unless the employee agrees that the employee will not—
(A) act as agent or attorney for, or otherwise represent, any other person (except the United States) in any formal or informal appearance before, or, with the intent to influence, make any oral or written communication on behalf of any other person (except the United States) to the Central Intelligence Agency; or
(B) participate in any manner in the award, modification, extension, or performance of any contract for property or services with the Central Intelligence Agency,
during the 12-month period beginning on the effective date of the employee’s separation from service.
(2) **Penalty** — An employee who violates an agreement under this subsection shall be liable to the United States in the amount of the separation pay paid to the employee pursuant to this section times the proportion of the 12-month period during which the employee was in violation of the agreement.
**(d) Limitations** Under this program, separation pay may be offered only—
(1) with the prior approval of the Director; and
(2) to employees within such occupational groups or geographic locations, or subject to such other similar limitations or conditions, as the Director may require.
**(e) Amount and treatment for other purposes** Such separation pay—
(1) shall be paid in a lump sum;
(2) shall be equal to the lesser of—
(A) an amount equal to the amount the employee would be entitled to receive under [section 5595(c) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5595/c&num=0&edition=prelim), if the employee were entitled to payment under such section; or
(B) $25,000;
(3) shall not be a basis for payment, and shall not be included in the computation, of any other type of Government benefit; and
(4) shall not be taken into account for the purpose of determining the amount of any severance pay to which an individual may be entitled under [section 5595 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5595&num=0&edition=prelim) based on any other separation.
**(f) Regulations** The Director shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.
**(g) Reporting requirements**
(1) **Offering notification** — The Director may not make an offering of voluntary separation pay pursuant to this section until 30 days after submitting to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report describing the occupational groups or geographic locations, or other similar limitations or conditions, required by the Director under subsection (d).
(2) **Annual report** — At the end of each of the fiscal years 1993 through 1997, the Director shall submit to the President and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report on the effectiveness and costs of carrying out this section.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 403v, comprising section 22 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, act June 20, 1949, ch. 227, was editorially reclassified as [section 3522 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3522&num=0&edition=prelim).
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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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For the purpose of this title, “Executive agency” means an Executive department, a Government corporation, and an independent establishment.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Covered element of the intelligence community** — The term “covered element of the intelligence community” means an element of the intelligence community that is not an element of the Department of Defense.
(2) **National security satellite** — The term “national security satellite” means a satellite weighing over 400 pounds whose principle purpose is to support the national security or intelligence needs of the United States Government.
(3) **United States** — The term “United States” means the several States, the District of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United States.
**(b) Requirement** Beginning January 1, 2021, except as provided in subsection (c), a covered element of the intelligence community may not award a contract for a national security satellite if the satellite uses a star tracker that is not produced in the United States, including with respect to both the software and the hardware of the star tracker.
**(c) Exception** The head of a covered element of the intelligence community may waive the requirement under subsection (b) if, on a case-by-case basis, the head certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence committees that—
(1) there is no available star tracker produced in the United States that meets the mission and design requirements of the national security satellite for which the star tracker will be used;
(2) the cost of a star tracker produced in the United States is unreasonable, based on a market survey; or
(3) such waiver is necessary for the national security interests of the United States based on an urgent and compelling need.
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**(a)** For the purpose of this section—
(1) “agency” means—
(A) an Executive agency;
(B) the Library of Congress;
(C) the Government Publishing Office;
(D) the government of the District of Columbia;
(E) the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the Federal Judicial Center, and the courts named by [section 610 of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section610&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(F) the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and
(2) “employee” means—
(A) an individual employed in or under an agency; and
(B) 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);
but does not include—
(i) an employee (other than a member of the Senior Executive Service or the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service, or an employee whose pay is fixed under section 5376) whose rate of basic pay is fixed at a rate provided for one of the levels of the Executive Schedule or is in excess of the maximum rate for the Executive Schedule;
(ii) an employee serving under an appointment with a definite time limitation, except one so appointed for full-time employment without a break in service of more than 3 days following service under an appointment without time limitation;
(iii) an alien employee who occupies a position outside the several States, the District of Columbia, and the areas and installations in the Republic of Panama made available to the United States pursuant to the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements (as described in section 3(a) of the Panama Canal Act of 1979);
(iv) an
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**(a)** For the purpose of this section—
(1) the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Defense;
(2) the term “defense agency” means an agency of the Department of Defense, as further defined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary; and
(3) the term “employee” means an employee of a defense agency, serving under an appointment without time limitation, who has been currently employed for a continuous period of at least 12 months, except that such term does not include—
(A) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of chapter 83, chapter 84, or another retirement system for employees of the Government; or
(B) an employee having a disability on the basis of which such employee is or would be eligible for disability retirement under any of the retirement systems referred to in subparagraph (A).
**(b)** In order to avoid or minimize the need for involuntary separations due to a reduction in force, base closure, reorganization, transfer of function, workforce restructuring (to meet mission needs, achieve one or more strength reductions, correct skill imbalances, or reduce the number of high-grade, managerial, or supervisory positions), or other similar action affecting 1 or more defense agencies, the Secretary shall establish a program under which separation pay may be offered to encourage eligible employees to separate from service voluntarily (whether by retirement or resignation).
**(c)** Under the program, separation pay may be offered by a defense agency only—
(1) with the prior consent, or on the authority, of the Secretary; and
(2) to employees within such occupational groups or geographic locations, or subject to such other similar objective and nonpersonal limitations or conditions, as the Secretary may require.
A determination of which employee
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 403x, comprising section 2 of the Central Intelligence Agency Voluntary Separation Pay Act, Pub. L. 103–36, was editorially reclassified as [section 3519a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3519a&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 3519a
tral Intelligence Agency Retirement and Dis-
ability System;
(3) prior to separation or retirement from
the Agency, dies during a period of assignment
to the performance of duties that are quali-
fying toward such designation under such sec-
tion 2013 of this title; and
(4) is survived by a surviving spouse, former
spouse, or child as defined in section 2002 of
this title, who would otherwise be entitled to
an annuity under section 8341 of title 5—
such surviving spouse, former spouse, or child of
such officer or employee shall be entitled to an
annuity computed in accordance with section
2052 of this title, in lieu of an annuity computed
in accordance with section 8341 of title 5.
(c) Annuities under this section deemed annu-
ities under chapter 83 of title 5
The annuities provided under subsections (a)
and (b) of this section shall be deemed to be an-
nuities under chapter 83 of title 5 for purposes of
the other provisions of such chapter and other
laws (including title 26) relating to such annu-
ities, and shall be payable from the Central In-
telligence Agency Retirement and Disability
Fund maintained pursuant to section 2012 of this
title.
(June 20, 1949, ch. 227, § 19, as added Pub. L.
101–193, title III, § 307(a), Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat.
1705; amended Pub. L. 102–496, title VIII,
§ 803(a)(3), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3252; Pub. L.
103–178, title V, § 501(3), Dec. 3, 1993, 107 Stat.
2038; Pub. L. 118–31, div. G, title IX, § 7901(g)(5),
Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 1107.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 403s of this
title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering
as this section. Some section numbers of this title ref-
erenced in amendment
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