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50 U.S.C. § 2011 — CIARDS system
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Establishment of system** — There is a retirement and disability system for certain employees of the Central Intelligence Agency known as the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “system”), originally established pursuant to title II of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain Employees.
(2) **DCI regulations** — The Director shall prescribe regulations for the system. The Director shall submit any proposed regulations for the system to the congressional intelligence committees not less than 14 days before they take effect.
**(b) Administration of system** The Director shall administer the system in accordance with regulations prescribed under this subchapter and with the principles established by this subchapter.
**(c) Finality of decisions of DCI** In the interests of the security of the foreign intelligence activities of the United States and in order further to implement [section 3024(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3024/h&num=0&edition=prelim) that the Director of National Intelligence shall be responsible for protecting intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure, and notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 7 of title 5 or any other provision of law (except [section 2155(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2155/b&num=0&edition=prelim)), any determination by the Director authorized by this chapter shall be final and conclusive and shall not be subject to review by any court.
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Establishment of system** — There is a retirement and disability system for certain employees of the Central Intelligence Agency known as the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “system”), originally established pursuant to title II of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain Employees.
(2) **DCI regulations** — The Director shall prescribe regulations for the system. The Director shall submit any proposed regulations for the system to the congressional intelligence committees not less than 14 days before they take effect.
**(b) Administration of system** The Director shall administer the system in accordance with regulations prescribed under this subchapter and with the principles established by this subchapter.
**(c) Finality of decisions of DCI** In the interests of the security of the foreign intelligence activities of the United States and in order further to implement [section 3024(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3024/h&num=0&edition=prelim) that the Director of National Intelligence shall be responsible for protecting intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure, and notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 7 of title 5 or any other provision of law (except [section 2155(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2155/b&num=0&edition=prelim)), any determination by the Director authorized by this chapter shall be final and conclusive and shall not be subject to review by any court.
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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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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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**(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) Civil Service and Foreign Service Retirement Systems** In order to maintain existing conformity between the Civil Service Retirement and Disability System under subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, and the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System, whenever a law of general applicability is enacted which—
(1) affects the treatment of current or former participants, annuitants, or survivors under the Civil Service Retirement and Disability System; and
(2) affects treatment which, immediately prior to the enactment of such law, was substantially identical to the treatment accorded to participants, former participants, annuitants, or survivors under the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System;
such law shall be extended in accordance with subsection (b) to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System so that it applies in like manner with respect to participants, former participants, annuitants, or survivors under that System.
**(b) Regulations to implement prescribed by Executive order** The President shall by Executive order prescribe regulations to implement this section and may make such extension retroactive to a date no earlier than the effective date of the provision of law applicable to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability System. Any provision of an Executive order issued under this section shall modify, supersede, or render inapplicable, as the case may be, to the extent inconsistent therewith—
(1) all provisions of law enacted prior to the effective date of that provision of the Executive order, and
(2) any prior provision of an Executive order issued under this section.
**(c) Federal Employees’ Retirement and Foreign Service Pension Systems** The President shall maintain, under the same conditions and in the same m
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**(a) Covered members** Except for persons excluded by subsection (b), (c), or (d), all members of the Foreign Service, any of whose service after December 31, 1983, is employment for the purpose of title II of the Social Security Act [[42 U.S.C. 401](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section401&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] and chapter 21 of title 26, who would, but for this section, be participants in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System pursuant to [section 4043 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4043&num=0&edition=prelim) shall instead be participants in the Foreign Service Pension System.
**(b) Exclusion of participants in Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System** Members of the Service who were participants in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System on or before December 31, 1983, and who have not had a break in service in excess of one year since that date, are not made participants in the System by this section, without regard to whether they are subject to title II of the Social Security Act [[42 U.S.C. 401](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section401&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
**(c) Exclusion of individuals with certain creditable civilian service** Individuals who become members of the Service after having completed at least 5 years of civilian service creditable under part I of this subchapter, subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5 (the Civil Service Retirement System), or title II of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act ([50 U.S.C. 2011](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2011&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) (determined without regard t
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**(a) Service included** For purposes of this part, creditable service of a participant includes—
(1) service as a participant after December 31, 1986;
(2) service with respect to which deductions and withholdings under section 204(a)(2) of the Federal Employees’ Retirement Contribution Temporary Adjustment Act of 1983 have been made; and
(3) except as provided in subsection (b), any civilian service performed before January 1, 1989 (other than service under paragraph (1) or (2)), which, but for the amendment made by section 414 of the Federal Employees’ Retirement System Act of 1986, would be creditable under part I (determined without regard to any deposit or redeposit requirement under such part, subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5 (the Civil Service Retirement System), or title II of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act ([50 U.S.C. 2011](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2011&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), any requirement that the individual become subject to such part, subchapter, or title after performing the service involved, or any requirement that the individual give notice in writing to the official by whom such individual is paid of such individual’s desire to become subject to such part, subchapter, or title).
**(b) Refund of retirement deductions; retirement deduction not made; required deposit; computation of interest**
(1) A participant who has received a refund of retirement deductions under part I with respect to any service described in subsection (a)(3) may not be allowed credit for such service under this part unless such participant deposits into the Fund an amount equal to 1.3 percent of basic pay for such service, with interest.
(2) A participant may not be allowed credit under this pa
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**(a) Retirement conditions; definitions**
(1) Any participant may be retired under the conditions specified in [section 4051 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4051&num=0&edition=prelim) and shall be retired under the conditions specified in sections 4052 and 4053 of this title and receive benefits under this part.
(2) For the purposes of this subsection—
(A) the term “participant”, as used in the sections referred to in paragraph (1), means a participant in the Foreign Service Pension System; and
(B) the term “System”, as used in those sections, means the Foreign Service Pension System.
(3) For purposes of any annuity computation under this subsection, the average pay (as used in section 8414 11 See References in Text note below. of title 5) of any member of the Service whose official duty station is outside the continental United States shall be considered to be the salary that would have been paid to the member had the member’s official duty station been Washington, D.C., including locality-based comparability payments under [section 5304 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5304&num=0&edition=prelim) that would have been payable to the member if the member’s official duty station had been Washington, D.C.
**(b) Voluntary or mandatory retirement with authorization for immediate annuity; computation of annuity**
(1) Any participant who retires voluntarily or mandatorily under section 4007, 4008, 4010a, 4051, 4052, or 4053 of this title under conditions authorizing an immediate annuity for participants in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System or for participants in the Foreign Service Pension System, and who has completed at least 5 years
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**(a) Former spouse share of participant’s annuity**
(1) **Pro rata share** — Unless otherwise expressly provided by a spousal agreement or court order under [section 2094(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section2094/b&num=0&edition=prelim), a former spouse of a participant, former participant, or retired participant is entitled to an annuity—
(A) if married to the participant, former participant, or retired participant throughout the creditable service of the participant, equal to 50 percent of the annuity of the participant; or
(B) if not married to the participant throughout such creditable service, equal to that proportion of 50 percent of such annuity that is the proportion that the number of days of the marriage of the former spouse to the participant during periods of creditable service of such participant under this subchapter bears to the total number of days of such creditable service.
(2) **Disqualification upon remarriage before age 55** — A former spouse is not qualified for an annuity under this subsection if before the commencement of that annuity the former spouse remarries before becoming 55 years of age.
(3) **Commencement of annuity** — The annuity of a former spouse under this subsection commences on the day the participant upon whose service the annuity is based becomes entitled to an annuity under this subchapter or on the first day of the month after the divorce or annulment involved becomes final, whichever is later.
(4) **Termination of annuity** — The annuity of such former spouse and the right thereto terminate on—
(A) the last day of the month before the month in which the former spouse dies or remarries before 55 years of age; or
(B) the date on which the annuity of the pa
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 2011
and a natural child, but does not include a
stepchild.
(Pub. L. 88–643, title I, § 102, as added Pub. L.
102–496, title VIII, § 802, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat.
3198.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 111 of Pub. L. 88–643, title I, Oct. 13,
1964, 78 Stat. 1043; Pub. L. 94–522, title I, § 101, Oct. 17,
1976, 90 Stat. 2467, provided definitions for Pub. L. 88–643
and was set out as a note under section 403 of this title
prior to the general amendment of Pub. L. 88–643 by
section 802 of Pub. L. 102–496.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective on first day of fourth month begin-
ning after Oct. 24, 1992, see section 805 of Pub. L.
102–496, set out as a note under section 2001 of this title.
SUBCHAPTER II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY
SYSTEM
PART A—ESTABLISHMENT OF SYSTEM
§ 2011. CIARDS system
(a) In general
(1) Establishment of system
There is a retirement and disability system
for certain employees of the Central Intel-
ligence Agency known as the Central Intel-
ligence Agency Retirement and Disability
System (hereinafter in this chapter referred to
as the ‘‘system’’), originally established pursu-
ant to title II of the Central Intelligence
Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain
Employees.
(2) DCI regulations
The Director shall prescribe regulations for
the system. The Director shall submit any
proposed regulations for the system to the
congressional intelligence committees not less
than 14 days before they take effect.
(b) Administration of system
The Director shall administer the system in
accordance with regulations prescribed under
this subchapter and with the principles estab-
lished by this subchapter.
(c) F
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