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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2577 

To require the Director of National Intelligence to submit a report to Congress on retirement benefits for former employees of Air America, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 2009 

Ms. BERKLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Select 

Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select) 

A BILL 

To require the Director of National Intelligence to submit 

a report to Congress on retirement benefits for former 

employees of Air America, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Air America Veterans 

5 Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) AIR AMERICA.—The term ‘‘Air America’’ 

9 means Air America, Incorporated. 


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1 (2) ASSOCIATED COMPANY.—The term ‘‘associ2 ated company’’ means any entity associated with, 

3 predecessor to, or subsidiary to Air America, includ4 ing Air Asia Company Limited, CAT Incorporated, 

5 Civil Air Transport Company Limited, and the Pa6 cific Division of Southern Air Transport during the 

7 period when such an entity was owned and con8 trolled by the United States Government. 

9 SEC. 3. REPORT ON RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR FORMER 

10 EMPLOYEES OF AIR AMERICA. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

12 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 

13 Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report on the ad14 visability of providing Federal retirement benefits to 

15 United States citizens for the service of such citizens prior 

16 to 1977 as employees of Air America or an associated 

17 company during a period when Air America or the associ18 ated company was owned or controlled by the United 

19 States Government and operated or managed by the Cen20 tral Intelligence Agency. 

21 (b) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report required by 

22 subsection (a) shall include the following: 

23 (1) The history of Air America and the associ24 ated companies prior to 1977, including a descrip25 tion of— 


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1 (A) the relationship between Air America 

2 and the associated companies and the Central 

3 Intelligence Agency or any other element of the 

4 United States Government; 

5 (B) the workforce of Air America and the 

6 associated companies; 

7 (C) the missions performed by Air Amer8 ica, the associated companies, and their employ9 ees for the United States; and 

10 (D) the casualties suffered by employees of 

11 Air America and the associated companies in 

12 the course of their employment. 

13 (2) A description of— 

14 (A) the retirement benefits contracted for 

15 or promised to the employees of Air America 

16 and the associated companies prior to 1977; 

17 (B) the contributions made by such em18 ployees for such benefits; 

19 (C) the retirement benefits actually paid 

20 such employees; 

21 (D) the entitlement of such employees to 

22 the payment of future retirement benefits; and 

23 (E) the likelihood that such employees will 

24 receive any future retirement benefits. 

25 (3) An assessment of the difference between— 


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1 (A) the retirement benefits that former 

2 employees of Air America and the associated 

3 companies have received or will receive by virtue 

4 of their employment with Air America and the 

5 associated companies; and 

6 (B) the retirement benefits that such em7 ployees would have received or be eligible to re8 ceive if such employment was deemed to be em9 ployment by the United States Government and 

10 their service during such employment was cred11 ited as Federal service for the purpose of Fed12 eral retirement benefits. 

13 (4)(A) Any recommendations regarding the ad14 visability of legislative action to treat such employ15 ment as Federal service for the purpose of Federal 

16 retirement benefits in light of the relationship be17 tween Air America and the associated companies 

18 and the United States Government and the services 

19 and sacrifices of such employees to and for the 

20 United States. 

21 (B) If legislative action is considered advisable 

22 under subparagraph (A), a proposal for such action 

23 and an assessment of its costs. 

24 (5) The opinions of the Director of the Central 

25 Intelligence Agency, if any, on any matters covered 


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1 by the report that the Director of the Central Intel2 ligence Agency considers appropriate. 

3 (c) ASSISTANCE OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—The 

4 Comptroller General of the United States shall, upon the 

5 request of the Director of National Intelligence and in a 

6 manner consistent with the protection of classified infor7 mation, assist the Director in the preparation of the report 

8 required by subsection (a). 

9 (d) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

10 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

11 a classified annex. 

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