50 U.S.C. § 2141 (WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE)
§ 2141. Authority to maintain existing areas of conformity between Civil Service and Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Systems
(a) Presidential authority
(1) Conformity to CSRS by Executive order
Whenever the President determines that it would be appropriate for the purpose of maintaining existing conformity between the Civil Service Retirement and Disability System and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System with respect to substantially identical provisions, the President may, by Executive order, extend to current or former participants in the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, or to their survivors, a provision of law enacted after January 1, 1975, which—
(A) amends subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5 and is applicable to civil service employees generally; or
(B) otherwise affects current or former participants in the Civil Service Retirement and Disability System, or their survivors.
(2) Extension to CIARDS
Any such order shall extend such provision of law so that it applies in like manner with respect to such Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System participants, former participants, or survivors.
(3) Legal status
Any such order shall have the force and effect of law.
(4) Effective date
Any such order may be given retroactive effect to a date not earlier than the effective date of the corresponding provision of law applicable to employees under the Civil Service Retirement System.
(b) Effect of Executive order
Provisions of an Executive order issued pursuant to this section shall modify, supersede, or render inapplicable, as the case may be, to the extent inconsistent therewith—
(1) provisions of law enacted before the effective date of the Executive order; and
(2) any prior provision of an Executive order issued under this section.
(Pub. L. 88–643, title II, § 292, as added Pub. L. 102–496, title VIII, § 802, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3241.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Prior Provisions
text: A prior section 292 of Pub. L. 88–643, as added Pub. L. 94–522, title II, § 213, Oct. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 2471, 2472, related to authority to maintain existing areas of conformity between Civil Service and Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Systems 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.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date
text: Section effective on first day of fourth month beginning after Oct. 24, 1992, see section 805 of Pub. L. 102–496, set out as a note under section 2001 of this title.
heading: Executive Documents
heading: Open Enrollment Season for Participants in the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System
text: The Director to provide an open enrollment period for employee participants in the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System to elect the Federal Employees’ Retirement System, see Ex. Ord. No. 13105, § 2, Nov. 2, 1998, 63 F.R. 60201, set out as a note under section 4067 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
heading: Ex. Ord. No. 13236. Waiver of Dual Compensation Provisions
text: Ex. Ord. No. 13236, Nov. 27, 2001, 66 F.R. 59671, provided:
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 292 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 [Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act], as amended (50 U.S.C. 2141), and in order to conform the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability System, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. The Director of Central Intelligence may waive the application of the dual compensation reduction provisions of sections 271 and 273 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2111 and 2113) for an employee serving on a temporary basis, but only if, and for so long as, the authority is necessary due to an emergency involving a direct threat to life or property or other unusual circumstances. Employees who receive both salary and annuity pursuant to this authority may not earn additional retirement benefits during this period of employment. This authority may be delegated as appropriate.
Sec. 2. Nothing contained in this order is intended to create, nor does it create, any right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the United States, its agencies, officers, employees, or any other person.
George W. Bush.
heading: Applicability of Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance Amendments of 2000
text: The Director of Central Intelligence to issue regulations to reflect application of sections 3(a) and 3(b) of Pub. L. 106–571, amending sections 8331 and 8339 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, see Ex. Ord. No. 13297, § 3(b), Apr. 23, 2003, 68 F.R. 22566, set out as a note under section 4067 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.