LETTER TO HONORABLE JOHN W. MCCORMACK FROM JOHN A. MCCONE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03091A000100030037-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 28, 2006
• Sequence Number: 37
• Content Type: LETTER

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NMO, Now
Honorable John W. McCormack
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Speaker:
This letter transmits for the consideration of the Congress a proposed
amendment to the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, as amended. The
proposed bill permits the Agency to improve its retirement program by
authorizing the establishment of a retirement system corresponding to that
of the Foreign Service. The Central Intelligence Agency needs to attract
and retain a force of highly qualified careerists in spite of its inability
in fact to provide full-term careers for many individual officers. In order
to minimize the adverse effects of necessary programs of managed attrition
and to preserve its ability to recruit and retain the high caliber personnel
it needs, the Agency must make reasonable provision for the future of those
individuals who must be separated before completing a full-term career of
thirty or so years. Therefore, Section 3 of the proposed bill adds a new
paragraph (g) to Section 5 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949,
as amended, authorizing the Director of Central Intelligence to exercise
the authority available to the Secretary of State under Title VIII of the
Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, in order to establish for desig-
nated Agency employees a retirement and disability system corresponding to
that available to Foreign Service Officers.
Since all provisions pertaining to the retirement of Foreign Service
Officers are not contained in Title VIII of the Foreign Service Act and since
it is possible that future amendments to such Act may occur elsewhere than
in Title VIII, it is necessary to make general provision for the Director of
Central Intelligence to adopt provisions of law applicable to Foreign Serv-
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ice Officers for Agency employees. Additionally, most of the basic travel
allowances and overseas benefits available to Foreign Service personnel are
authorized for Agency employees by existing Section 44 of the Central Intel-
ligence Agency Act of 1949, as amended. However, amendments to the Foreign
Service Act over the years have of necessity required the Agency to seek
legislation periodically in order to keep such authorities up to date and
uniform with those available to Foreign Service personnel. Consequently, it
is now proposed that the existing Section 4 of the Central Intelligence Agency
Act be rescinded by Section 2 of the proposed bill. In lieu of the rescinded
authorities, the new Section 4 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act authorizes
the Director to adopt and apply to Agency employees provisions of law applicable
to Foreign Service personnel and to exercise with respect to Agency employees
the authority available to the Secretary of State for the purpose of having
Agency employees accorded appropriate benefits, rights, and allowances now
authorized for Foreign Service Officers.
We consider enactment of the proposed bill to be essential to the
effective performance of our mission and would appreciate early and favorable
consideration.
Sincerely,
John A. MaCone
Director
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