I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3356 
To amend the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to authorize the 
provision of payment to personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency 
who incur qualifying injuries to the brain, to authorize the provision 
of payment to personnel of the Department of State who incur similar 
injuries, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2021 
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. NUNES, and Mr. MEEKS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 
in addition to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to 
authorize the provision of payment to personnel of the 
Central Intelligence Agency who incur qualifying injuries 
to the brain, to authorize the provision of payment to 
personnel of the Department of State who incur similar 
injuries, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helping American Vic-
tims Afflicted by Neurological Attacks Act of 2021’’ or 
the ‘‘HAVANA Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO PAY PERSONNEL OF CENTRAL IN-
TELLIGENCE AGENCY FOR CERTAIN INJU-
RIES TO THE BRAIN. 
(a) PAYMENT AUTHORIZED.—Section 19A of the 
Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 
3519b) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) AUTHORITY TO MAKE PAYMENTS FOR QUALI-
FYING INJURIES TO THE BRAIN.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, but subject to paragraph (2), the 
Director may provide payment to a covered depend-
ent, a covered employee, and a covered individual for 
a qualifying injury to the brain. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) APPROPRIATIONS
REQUIRED.—Pay-
ment under paragraph (1) in a fiscal year may 
only be made using amounts appropriated in 
advance specifically for payments under such 
paragraph in such fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) MATTER OF PAYMENTS.—Payments 
under paragraph (1) using amounts appro-
priated for such purpose shall be made either in 
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the order in which claims for such payments are 
filed or on a pro-rata basis. 
‘‘(C) AMOUNTS OF PAYMENTS.—The total 
amount of funding obligated for payments 
under paragraph (1) may not exceed the 
amount specifically appropriated for providing 
payments under such paragraph during its pe-
riod of availability. 
‘‘(D) FREQUENCY
OF
PAYMENTS.—The 
Director may make payments under paragraph 
(1) in a lump sum payment or through multiple 
payments, including, subject to subparagraph 
(A), payments occurring in more than one year. 
‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Director shall 
prescribe regulations to carry out this sub-
section. 
‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—The regulations pre-
scribed under subparagraph (A) shall be con-
sistent with this subsection and section 2 of the 
HAVANA Act of 2021, and include regulations 
detailing fair and equitable criteria for payment 
under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) NO EFFECT ON OTHER BENEFITS.—Pay-
ments made under paragraph (1) are supplemental 
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to any other benefit furnished by the United States 
Government for which a covered dependent, covered 
employee, or covered individual is entitled, and the 
receipt of such payments may not affect the eligi-
bility of such a person to any other benefit furnished 
by the United States Government.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Payment under subsection (d) 
of such section, as added by subsection (a) of this section, 
may be made available for a qualifying injury to the brain 
that occurs before, on, or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, as the Director of the Central Intelligence 
Agency considers appropriate. 
(c) CLARIFYING AMENDMENT.—Section 19A(b) of 
the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 
3519b(b)) is amended, in the subsection heading, by in-
serting ‘‘TOTAL DISABILITY RESULTING FROM’’ before 
‘‘CERTAIN INJURIES’’. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) REPORT ON USE OF AUTHORITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the use of the authority 
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provided by section 19A(d) of such Act, as 
added by subsection (a) of this section. 
(B) CONTENTS.—The report submitted 
under subparagraph (A) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(i) A budget or spend plan for the use 
of the authority described in subparagraph 
(A) for the subsequent fiscal year. 
(ii) Information relating to the use of 
the authority described in subparagraph 
(A) for the preceding year, including the 
following: 
(I) The total amount expended. 
(II) The number of covered de-
pendents, covered employees, and cov-
ered individuals for whom payments 
were made. 
(III) The amounts that were pro-
vided to each person described in sub-
clause (II). 
(iii) An assessment of whether addi-
tional authorities are required to ensure 
that covered dependents, covered employ-
ees, and covered individuals can receive 
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payments for qualifying injuries, such as a 
qualifying injury to the back or heart. 
(C) FORM.—The report submitted under 
subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in classi-
fied form. 
(2) REPORT ON ESTIMATED COSTS FOR FISCAL 
YEAR 2023.—Not later than March 1, 2022, the Di-
rector shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report detailing an estimate of the ob-
ligation that the Director expects to incur in pro-
viding payment under section 19A(d) of such Act, as 
added by subsection (a) of this section, in fiscal year 
2023. 
(3) REPORT
ON
FEASIBILITY
OF
MODIFICA-
TIONS TO PROGRAM.—Not later than 270 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report on the feasibility of the Central In-
telligence Agency adopting a disability benefits pro-
gram similar to the disability benefits program of 
the Department of Defense. 
(e) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector shall prescribe regulations required under sec-
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rector expects to incur in providing payment under 
such subsection (i) in fiscal year 2023. 
(c) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State and each other agency head that 
makes a payment under subsection (i)(1) of section 
901 of title IX of division J of the Further Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b), 
as added by subsection (a) of this section, shall pre-
scribe 
regulations 
required 
under 
subsection 
(i)(3)(A) of such Act. 
(2) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 210 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State and the agency heads described 
in paragraph (1) shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees the regulations prescribed 
in accordance with paragraph (1). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
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