LETTER TO THE HONORABLE F. EDWARD HEBERT,CHAIRMAN FROM JAMES R. SCHLESINGER

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• Publication Date: February 28, 1979
• Content Type: LETTER

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
The Honorable F. Edward Hebert, Chairman
Committee on Armed Services
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C. 20515
This is in response to your request of 20 February 1973 for our
views and recommendations on H. R. 4294, "War Prisoners Retirement
Benefits Act of 1973. "
H. R. 4Z94 applies to military members of the Armed Forces
and participants or members of the Civil Service, Foreign Service,
and CIA retirement systems. The bill provides additional service
credit for retirement equal to the period spent as a prisoner of war
or in a missing person status.
We are pleased that H. R. 4294 amends the Central Intelligence
Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain Employees as legislation of
this type, if enacted, should be broadly applied to Federal staff retire-
ment systems. Snce the service credit provision in the CIA Retire-
ment Act is based upon the precedent of the Civil Service Retirement
Act, we defer to the views of the Civil Service Commission on the policy
implications of H. R. 4294.3 It is noted-. f iatt secf~ion 3 of the bill applies
to both a member or former member'othe Armed Forces whereas
sections 4, 5, and 6, covering the Foreign Service, Civil Service, and
CIA retirement systems, limit the double retirement credit to those in
an employee status as of the date of enactment.
The Office of Management and Budget has advised that there is
no objection to the submission of this report from the standpoint of the
Administration's program.
Sincerely,
James R. Schlesinger
Director
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