LETTER TO THE HONORABLE CARL ALBERT FROM RICHARD HELMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74B00415R000600020006-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Content Type: LETTER

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20505
The Honorable Carl Albert
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Washington, D. C. 20515
My dear Mr. Speaker:
This letter transmits for the consideration of the Congress a
proposed draft bill to amend the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement
Act of 1964 for Certain Employees, as amended. The proposed bill
brings the CIA Retirement Act into consonance with certain provisions
of the Civil Service retirement system.
Public Law 91-658, approved January 8, 1971, made significant
changes concerning the payment of annuities to surviving spouses under
the Civil Service retirement system. As a result, a widower of a
female participant is accorded the same treatment as a widow of a
deceased male participant; survivorship protection is extended to a
spouse acquired after retirement under certain conditions; and retire-
ment credit is provided for periods of separation covered by Federal
employees' compensation for work injuries.
A number of key features in the CIA Retirement Act, as passed
in 1964, were adopted from provisions of law then applicable to Civil
Service retirees. These features include the surviving spouse pro-
visions amended by P. L. 91-658.
The reasons for changing the provisions relating to surviving
spouses under the Civil Service retirement system apply with equal
force to surviving spouses under the CIA system. Enactment of the
proposed bill will assure that the CIA. retirement system remains in
line with the Civil Service system on the treatment of surviving
spouses.
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We would appreciate early and favorable consideration of the
proposed bill. The Office of Management and Budget has advised that
there is no objection to presenting the proposed bill to the Congress
from the standpoint of the Administration's program.
Sincerely,
Richard Helms
Director
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