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Title 50 — War and National Defense

Part D · Chapter 38 — Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability

§ 2055. Mandatory retirement

Statutory text

(a)

Involuntary retirement

(1)

Authority of director.—

The Director may, in the Director’s discretion, place in a retired status any participant in the system described in paragraph (2).

(2)

Paragraph (1) applies with respect to any participant who has not less than 10 years of service with the Agency and who—

(A)

has completed at least 25 years of service; or

(B)

is at least 50 years of age and has completed at least 20 years of service.

(b)

Mandatory retirement for age

(1)

In general

A participant in the system shall be automatically retired from the Agency—

(A)

upon reaching age 65, in the case of a participant in the system who is at the Senior Intelligence Service rank of level 4 or above; and

(B)

upon reaching age 60, in the case of any other participant in the system.

(2)

Effective date of retirement

Retirement under paragraph (1) shall be effective on the last day of the month in which the participant reaches the age applicable to that participant under that paragraph.

(3)

Authority for extension

In any case in which the Director determines it to be in the public interest, the Director may extend the mandatory retirement date for a participant under this subsection by a period of not to exceed 5 years.

(c)

Retirement benefits

A participant retired under this section shall receive retirement benefits in accordance with section 2031 of this title.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 88–643 title II § 235 · 78 Stat. 1043

    Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 2055

    Pub. L. 88–643, title II, § 235, as added Pub. L. 102–496, title VIII, § 802, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3225

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 88–643, title II, § 235, as added Pub. L. 102–496, title VIII, § 802, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3225

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 235. mandatory retirement (a) The Director may in his discretion place in a retired status any participant who has completed at. least twenty-five years of service, or who is at least fifty years of age and has completed at least twenty years of service, provided such participant has not less than ten years of service with the Agency of which at least five shall have been qualifying service. If so retired, such participant shall receive retirement benefits in accordance with the provisions of section 221. (b) Any participant in the system receiving compensation at the rate of grade GS–18 or above shall be automatically separated from the Agency upon reaching the age of sixty-five. Any participant in the system receiving compensation at a rate less than grade GS–18 shall be automatically separated from the Agency upon reaching the age of sixty. Such separation shall be effective on the last day of the month in which a participant reaches age sixty or sixty-five, as specified in this section, but whenever the Director shall determine it to be in the public interest, he may extend such participant’s service for a period not to exceed five years. A participant separated under the provisions of this section who has completed five years of Agency service shall receive retirement benefits in accordance with the provisions of section 221 of this Act.

  2. Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010

    Pub. L. 111–259 title II § 201 · 124 Stat. 2654

    Substituted · 50 U.S.C. § 2055(b)(1)(A)

    Pub. L. 111–259 substituted “who is at the Senior Intelligence Service rank” for “receiving compensation under the Senior Intelligence Service pay schedule at the rate”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 111–259 substituted “who is at the Senior Intelligence Service rank” for “receiving compensation under the Senior Intelligence Service pay schedule at the rate”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 201. TECHNICAL MODIFICATION TO MANDATORY RETIREMENT PROVISION OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT ACT.   Subparagraph (A) of section 235(b)(1) of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2055(b)(1)) is amended by striking “receiving compensation under the Senior Intelligence Service pay schedule at the rate” and inserting “who is at the Senior Intelligence Service rank”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 235 of Pub. L. 88–643, title II, , 78 Stat. 1049; Ex. Ord. No. 12443, § 13, , 48 F.R. 44754; Pub. L. 99–335, title V, § 501(2), , 100 Stat. 622; Pub. L. 102–183, title III, § 307, , 105 Stat. 1265, related to mandatory retirement 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.

Amendments

2010—Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 111–259 substituted “who is at the Senior Intelligence Service rank” for “receiving compensation under the Senior Intelligence Service pay schedule at the rate”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on first day of fourth month beginning after , see section 805 of Pub. L. 102–496, set out as a note under section 2001 of this title.

Credits

1992–2010 · 2 acts
  1. 1992Pub. L. 88–643, title II, § 235, as added Pub. L. 102–496, title VIII, § 802, , 106 Stat. 3225
  2. 2010amended Pub. L. 111–259, title II, § 201, , 124 Stat. 2657.
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(Pub. L. 88–643, title II, § 235, as added Pub. L. 102–496, title VIII, § 802, , 106 Stat. 3225; amended Pub. L. 111–259, title II, § 201, , 124 Stat. 2657.)

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