CURRENT INTEREST ITEMS
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MEMORANDUM .FOR: Acting Deputy Director (Support)
ECT t Current Intereet Items
9 AUG 196a-
1. Ear.-tremem
our early retirement legislation hes been the
reason for delay in our reporting of current interest items in recent weeks.
Hearings on the bill were held before Subeoemittee No. 1 of the
House Armed Services Committee on 23, 245 and 25 July and are scheduled to
resume on 21 August. It is anticipated that they will be completed in one
or two more sessions and that the bill will then be favorably reported to
the full Conmittee and by the full Committee to the Reuse.
After brief remarks to the Subcommittee in support of the general
objectives of our propoaed bill, Mr. McCone introduced General Carter as
the General Manager of the Agency and principal witness to explain our pro-
posals. Over the three days of hearings, several important changes were
made and we have since revised the bill to incorporate other changes which
we believe will meet objections encountered thus far. It is our hope that
the reminder of the bill will be approved by the Subccamdttee without
significant modification, if any. The major changes are as follows:
ae Elimination of Title I of the original bill (HR 7216).
Title I embraced miscellaneous provisions to update procurement
authorities and various overseas benefits provisions. Of the
latter), only one would have represented a change from current
practice; this %via a provision, similar to that now available to
the Foreign Service, for Overseas tours of 18 months or 3 years
for home leave purposes. Our current authority, which will now
remain in effect, provides for 2 year tours. Title I also pro-
vided two new authorities: one permitting the Agency to accept
gifts and bequests amd another extending reemplayment rights to
individuals Vho are in effect transferred to CIA from other agen-
cieseekID has a comparable authority. Finally, Title / contained
a provision related to our proposed retirement system which places
disabiliteannuities in a tax-exempt category. This provision has
been retained as a separate Title in the redrafting of HR 7216.
b. RR 7216 has been redrafted as the Central Intelligence
Agency Act of 1963. The provisions of the new bill are identical
to the original version except that:
(1) In order to establish a point in time at which an
employee can be certain of his retirement coverage
rertirement" vs. civil service retirement), the bill now pro-
vides that an employee who is designated a participant in the
system and whose career is considered to be qualifying when
he completes 15 years of service will continue under the pro-
posed system for the duration O44Mi employment.
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(2) A requirement of five year* of Agency service vas
added to the voluntary retirement prevision (age 50 with 20
years total service) to ensure against extending the benefits
of the proposed 'system to individuals who had long periods of
Government service but relatively abort terns of Agency serv-
ice.
(3) ASOinin an effort to avoid
of the proposed system to i
service, the Subeommittee has recommended the
more stringent service requirement* in the application of the
involuntary retirement provisions applicable to GS.,14'a and
over. As originslly drafted, this proviaion required only
five years serviee for audh an individual to be granted an
immediate annuity. The bill nov provides that he must have
at least ten years' Agency service of which at least five
years are "qumlifyine service.
(4) The Subcommittee suggested that the language in the
Fozei Service *Totem vhich permits an unmarried person to
deaigeate any beneficiary he desires for a survivor annuity
vas too broad (notwithstanding the severe penalties imposed.
immediate reduction of 10% in annuity plus an additional 51
for each five years that the survivor Is younger than the
retiree up to a maxima reduction of 40%). They favored the
oompaxable provision in the Civil Service Retirement Act
vhieh requires that the survivor designated have an "insurable
interest* In the employee. The Civil Sevvice language has
been incorporated in the revised bill.
(5) As a result of a suggestion originating
Subcommittee staff, we have considered the desirabili
including a provision to preclude external appeals of the deter
minations made by the Director under the proposed system and
ham inaluded in the revised draft a provision citing cecurety
aonsiderations as the basis for prohibiting such appealse
Although this provieion has not been reviewed with the Subcone
eittee0 ve believe it vill be accepted.
review of the bill vith Subcommittee not. I has proceed
Death in Service. The tvo points remaining Which nar oa3.l for
On (as suggested in Mr. Rivers' opening statement) are he
service and the cost of the proposed vitern.
tided with Nte. 110 on, Ato appeared as the Agency's
ng In executive seeeion with the Were and Means
connection with the provision for excepting dis
gross income for tax purpoees. The Committee has:
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tion. In fact, they eallei
at the hearing) aztex our apearanee to
ug this benefit to
especially to the Foreign Service. We
ve Counsel in drafting a statent for
request. When their response has been
plan to contact the Committee staff
ete our presentation on this point*
interest in the outcome of the Cit-
o2' developments on this point and
s use with the Department's re-e'.
ore Subcommittee No. 1.
es in response to specific requests
cipation of such requests. These
see, Bride* and length of Government
of &Liability retirementsj 4 0001V41140n Of
yes might be: retained for specified
rvice requirements for involuntary
uita Separations from the Clandestine
ve qualified the individual for involuntary'
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security
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