Union Calendar No. 52
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1723
[Report No. 103–102]
A BILL
To authorize the establishment of a program under
which employees of the Central Intelligence
Agency may be offered separation pay to sepa-
rate from service voluntarily to avoid or minimize
the need for involuntary separations due to
downsizing, reorganization, transfer of function,
or other similar action.
MAY 24, 1993
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 52
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1723
[Report No. 103–102]
To authorize the establishment of a program under which employees of
the Central Intelligence Agency may be offered separation pay to separate
from service voluntarily to avoid or minimize the need for involuntary
separations due to downsizing, reorganization, transfer of function, or
other similar action.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 20, 1993
Mr. GLICKMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
MAY 24, 1993
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 20, 1993]
A BILL
To authorize the establishment of a program under which
employees of the Central Intelligence Agency may be
offered separation pay to separate from service volun-
tarily to avoid or minimize the need for involuntary sepa-
rations due to downsizing, reorganization, transfer of
function, or other similar action.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Central Intelligence
Agency Voluntary Separation Pay Act’’.
SEC. 2. SEPARATION PAY.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of
Central Intelligence; and
(2) the term ‘‘employee’’ means an employee of
the Central Intelligence Agency, serving under an ap-
pointment without time limitation, who has been cur-
rently employed for a continuous period of at least 12
months, except that such term does not include—
(A) a reemployed annuitant under sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title
5, United States Code, or another retirement sys-
tem for employees of the Government; or
(B) an employee having a disability on the
basis of which such employee is or would be eli-
gible 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
(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 pur-
pose of determining the amount of any severance pay
to which an individual may be entitled under section
5595 of title 5, United States Code, based on any
other separation.
(f) TERMINATION.—No amount shall be payable under
this section based on any separation occurring after Sep-
tember 30, 1997.
(g) REGULATIONS.—The Director shall prescribe such
regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.
(h) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) OFFERING NOTIFICATION.—The Director may
not make an offering of voluntary separation pay
pursuant to this section until 30 days after submit-
ting to the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report de-
scribing the occupational groups or geographic loca-
tions, or other similar limitations or conditions, re-
quired by the Director under subsection (d).
(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—At the end of each of the
fiscal years 1993 through 1997, the Director shall sub-
mit to the President and the Permanent Select Com-
mittee 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.
SEC. 3. EARLY RETIREMENT FOR CIARDS AND FERS SPE-
CIAL PARTICIPANTS.
Section 233 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retire-
ment Act (50 U.S.C. 2053) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘A participant’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(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 221 if the Office
of Personnel Management has authorized separation from
service voluntarily for Agency employees under section
8336(d)(2) of title 5, United States Code, with respect to
the 
Civil 
Service 
Retirement 
System 
or 
section
8414(b)(1)(B) of such title with respect to the Federal Em-
ployees’ Retirement System.’’.
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize
the establishment of a program under which employees of
the Central Intelligence Agency may be offered separa-
tion pay to separate from service voluntarily to avoid or
minimize the need for involuntary separations due to
downsizing, reorganization, transfer of function, or other
similar action, and for other purposes.’’.