A BILL TO AMEND THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ACT OF 1949, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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• Publication Date: October 31, 1956
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31 October 1956
A BILL
To amend the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, as amended, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.. Section 1 of the Act entitled the Central Intelligence
Agency Act of 1949, approved June 20, 1949, as amended (63 Stat. 208,
50 U.S.C. 403a) (hereinafter referred to as "such Act"), is amended by
adding before the final period a semicolon and the following new sub-
section (e):
(e) "Abroad" means foreign areas, including for the
purposes of this Act the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands and bases leased by the United States in foreign
areas, but excluding the Canal Zone, and the-Territories
and possessions of the United States.
SECTION 2. Section 3 of the Act entitled the Central Intelligence
Agency Act of 1949, approved June 20, 1949, as amended (63 Stat. 208,
50 U.S.C. 403s) (hereinafter referred to as "such Act"), is amended to
read as follows"
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(a) In the performance of its functions, the Central
Intelligence Agency is authorized to exercise the authorities
contained in sections 2(c), 5, 6, T. and 10 of the Armed Services
Procurement Act of 1947, approved Feb. 19, 1948, as amended
(62 stat. 21, 41 U.s.C. 151).
(b) Contracts of the Agency for services and use of
facilities for research or development may be for a term not
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to exceed five years, and may be extended for an additional
period not to exceed five years, subject to the availability
of appropriations therefor.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term "agency head"
shall mean the Director and Deputy Director of Central Intelli-
gence and the Deputy Directors of"the Agency.
SECTION 3. Section 5 of such Act is amended to read as follows:
Section 5. (a) Under such regulations as the Director may prescribe,
the Agency, with respect to its officers and employees assigned abroad, may
(1) pay the travel expenses'of officers and employees of the Agency
including expenses incurred while traveling pursuant to orders issued by
the Director in accordance with the provisions of section 5(c) with regard
to the granting of home leave;
(2) pay the travel expenses of members of the family of an officer
or employee of the Agency when proceeding to or returning from his post of
duty; accompanying him on authorized home leave; or otherwise traveling in
accordance with authority granted pursuant to the terrnis of this or any
other Act;
(3) pay the cost of transporting the furniture and household and
personal effects of an officer or employee of the Agency to his successive
posts of duty and, on the termination of his services, to his residence
at time of appointment or to a point not more distant, or, upon retirement,
to the place where he will reside;
(4) notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, transport for
or on behalf of an officer or employee of the Agency, a privately owned
automobile in any case where it shall be determined that water, rail, or
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air transportation of the automobile is necessary or expedient for and
,part or of all the distance between points of origin and destination,
and pay the costs of such transportation;
(5) pay the cost of storing the furniture and household and personal
effects of an officer or employee of the Agency who is absent under orders
from his usual post of duty; or who is assigned to a post to which he can-
not take or, at which he is unable to use his furniture and household and
personal effects; or when such storage would avoid the cost of transport-
ing such effects from one location to another;
(6) pay the cost of storing the furniture and household and personal
effects of an officer or employee of the Agency on first arrival at a post
for a period not in excess of three months after such first arrival at such
post or until the establishment of residence quarters,, vhichgver shall be
shorter;
(7) pay the travel expenses and. transportation costs incident to the
removal of the members of the fathily of an officer or employee of the Agency
and his furniture and household and personal effects,' including automobiles,,
from & .post at which, because of the prevalence of disturbed conditions,
there is imminent danger to life and property. and the return of such
persons, furnitureq and effects to such post upon the cessation of such
conditions; or'to such other post as may in the meantime have become the
post to which such officer or employee has been assigned;
(8) pay the travel expenses incurred by, an officer or employes of
the Agency in transporting dependents to and from United States ports of
entry designated. by the Agency, to obtain an American secondary or college
education, not to exceed one trip each way for each dependent for the
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purpose of obtaining each type of education;
(9) pay the costs of preparing and transporting the remains of an
officer or employee of the Agency or a member of his family who may the
while in travel status or abroad, to his home or official station, or to
such other place as the Director may determine,to be the appropriate place
of interment, provided that-in no case shall the expense payable be greeter
than the amount which would have been payable had the destination been the
home or official station.
(b) The Agency may charge expenses in connection with 'travel of
personnel, their dependents) and transportation of their household goods,
personal effects, and automobiles to the appropriation for the fiscal
year current when any part of either the travel or transportation begins
pursuant to previously issued travel orders,. notwithstanding the fact that
such travel or transportation may not all be effected during such fiscal
year,
year.
or the travel orders may have been issued during the prior fiscal
(c)(l) Under such regulations as the Director may prescribe, the
Agency may order to the continental United States or its territories and
possessions on leave of absence,as provided by law, every officer and employee
of the Agency, upon completion of two years continuous'service abroad, or
as soon as possible thereafter.
(2) While in the continental United States on leave, the service of
$ttay officer or employee shall not be available for work or duties except
in the Agency or for training or for reorientation for work; and the time
or such work or duty shall not be counted as leave.
(3) Where an officer or employee on leave returns to the United States
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or its territories and possessions, leave of absence granted shall be
exclusive of the time actually and necessarily occupied in going to and
from the United States or-its territories and possessions, and such time
as may be necessarily occupied in awaiting transportation.
(4) The provisions of Section 203(f) of the Act of October 30, 1951,
Its amended (65 Stat. 679, 5 U.S.C. 2061), and as it may hereafter be amended,
Shall be applicable to officers and employees of the Agency, and such
officers-and employees shall be..subject to the limitations as to the
?accumulation of leave applicable to.officers and employees in the Foreign
Service,of the United.State.s,under the Department of State 'as provided in
Sections 203(e) and (4) .of the Act of October 30, 1951, as amended (65 Stat.
679, `5`U?S.C.2061), and as it may hereafter be amended.
(d)(I~ In the event an officer or. employee of the Agency or his
dependeatsincurs an illness or injury requiring hospitalization, not
the4resultof vicious habits, intemperance or misconduct, while stationed
abroad-in~aJlocality where there does not exist a suitable hospital or clinic,
'the Director may, in accordance with such regulations as he may prescribe,
'pay the travel expenses of such person by whatever means he shall deem
appropriate and without regard to the Standardized Government Travel Regu-
lations and.4ection 10 of the Act of March 3, 1933, as amended (60 Stat.
8.08, 5'U.S.C? 7314,'to the nearest locality where a suitable hospital or
clinic exists, and on his recovery pay for the travel expenses, of his retkurri
tr'm ueh hospital or clinic. If any such officer, employee.,or dependent.
is too ill to travel unattended, the Director may also pay the. round-trip
expenses of.an attendant or attendants.
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(2)(A) In the event an officer or employee of the Agency incurs
an illness or injury while such person is located abroad, which requi.rer;
hospitalization or similar treatment, and which is not the result of
vicious habits, intemperance, or misconduct on his part, the Director may,
in accordance with such regulations as he may prescribe, pay for the cost
of treatment of 'such illness or injury.
(2)(B) In the event a dependent of an officer or employee of the
Agency who is stationed abroad, incurs an illness or injruy while such
dependent is located abroad, which requires hospitalization or similar
treatment, and which is not the result of vicious habits, intemperance,
"or misconduct on his part, the Director may, in accordance with such
'`regulations as he may prescribe, pay for that portion of the cost of treat-
ment of each such illness or injury that exceeds $35 up to a maximum
limitation of one hundred and twenty days of treatment for each such ill-
nesstox injury, except that such maximum limitation shall not apply when-
ever the Director, on the basis of professional medical advice, shall
determine-that such illness or injury clearly is caused by the fact that
such dependent is or has been located abroad.
(2)(C) After-sufficient experience in the operation of the medical
protection plan authorized in subsections (d)(2)(A) and (d)(2)(B) of this
section has been obtained, as determined by the Director, and if he con-
siders that the benefits so authorized can be provided for as well and as
-cheaply in other ways, the Director may, under such regulations, and for
such persons, locations, and conditions as he may deem appropriate, and
yl:thin the limits prescribed in such subsections, contract for medical
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sere pursuant to such arrangements,, insurance, medical service, or health
plans as he may deem appropriate.
(3) The Director may establish a first aid station and provide for
the Services of a physician, a nurser or other medical personnel at a
post at which,'in his opinion, sufficient personnel are employed to warrant
such a station.
() The Director may provide ,for the periodic physical.exaemination
of officers and employees of the Agency and their dependents and for the'
cost of administering inoculations or vaccinations to such officers or
employees and their dependents.
(e) in accordance with such regulations as the Director may prescribe,
the Agency may pay the costs of travel'of new appointees and their dependents,
and the transportation of their household goods and personal effects, from
places of actual residence in foreign countries at time of appointment to
places of employment and return to their actual aa,ctual residences at the time of
appointment or a point not more distant: Provided., That such appointees
agree in writing to remain with the United States Government for a period
of not less than twelve months from the time of appointment. Violation
of such agreement for personal convenience of an employee or because of sepa-
ration for misconduct will bar such return payments and,, if determined by
the Director or?his designee to be in the best interests of the United States?
any money expended by the United States on account of such travel and trans-
portation shall be considered as a debt due by the individuasal concerned to
the United States.
(f) In accordance with such regulations as the President may prescribe
and notwithat ding the provisions of Section 1765 of the revised statutes
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(5 U.$.C. 70), the Director is authorized to grant to any officer or
eloyee of the Agency:
(1) allowances, whenever Government owned or rented quarters are
not available at a post abroad;
(A) for living quarters, heat, light, water, fuel, gas, and elec-
tricity, including allowances for the cost of lodging at temporary quarters,
incurred by an officer or employee of the Agency and the members of his
family upon first arrival at a new post, for a period toot in excess of
three months after such first arrival or until the occupation of residence
quarters, whichever period shall be shorter and for a period. not in excess
of one month immediately preceding final departure from the post subsequent
to the necessary evacuation of residence quarters, up to but not in excess
of the aggregate amount of the per diem that would be allowpble to such
Officer or employee for himself and the members of his family for such
ieriod if they were in travel.status;
(B) under unusual circumstances for extraordinary, necessary and
reasonable expenses, not otherwise compensated for, incurred initial
repairs, alterations and improvements to an employee's privately leased
residence at a foreign post of assignment:1 PROVIDED, That such expenditure
is administratively approved in advance, and that the duration and terms of
the lease Justify such expenditure by the Government:
(2) cost-of-living allowances whenever --
(A) the cost of living at a post abroad is proportionately so high
that an allowance is'necessary to enable an officer or employee or the
Agency at stitch post to carry on his work efficiently;,
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. (B) extraordinary and necessary expenses not otherwise compensated
for are incurred by an officer or employee of the Agency incident to the
establishment of his residence at any post of assignment abroad or at a
post of assignment in the continental United States between assignments
to posts abroad;
(C) an allowance is necessary to assist an officer or employee of
the Agency who is compelled by reasons of dangerous, notably unhealthful,
or, excessively adverse living conditions at his post,abroad or for'the
convenience of the Government to meet the additional expense of maintain-
ing his wife and minor children elsewhere than at the post of his assignment;
(D) extraordinary and necessary expenses, not otherwise compensated
for, must be incurred by an officer or employee of the Agency, by reason
of his service abroad,. in providing for adequate elementary' and, secondary
education of his dependents; allowances under this subparagraph for any
post shall not exceed the cost of obtaining such educational, services as
are ordinarily provided without charge by the public schools of the United.
States plus, in those cases where adequate schools are not available at
the post, board and room, and periodic transportation between the post
and the nearest locality where adequate schools are available; if any
such officer or employee employes a less expensive method of providing
such education, any allowance paid to him shall be reduced accordingly;
no allowance shall be paid under this subparagraph for a dependent during
the?same school year in which a travel allowance has been paid for such
dependent under subsection 5(a)(8):
(3) a foreign post differential or a territorial post differential
on the basis of conditions of environment which differ substantially
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trcm conditions of environment in the continental United States and
warrant additional compensation as a recruitment and retention incentive.
Additional compensation paid as a foreign post differential or territorial
poet. differential shall not in any instance exceed 25 per centum of the
rate of basic compensation.
(g) Amounts received as allowances pursuant to the provisions of
Section 5(f)(1) and (2) of this Act Shall not be included in gross income,
and shall be exempt from taxation' under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954,
as amended, and as it may hereafter be amended.
SECTION 4. Section 6 of such Act is amended by the insertion of a
semicolon in-lieu of:;the period at the end of subsection (f) and by the
addition of new subsections (g)y (h) and (i) which shall read as follows:
(g) Make payments without regard to section 3648 of 1he.Revised
Statutes (31 U.S.C.? 529), When made --
(1) in compliance with the laws of foreign countries or their
ministerial regulations, and
(2) for rent in foreign countries for such period as may be,mecessary
to accord with local custom.
(h) Pay tort claims, in the manner authorised in the first paragraph
of-section 2672, as amended, of title 28'of the United States Code when
such claims arise in foriign countries in connection with Agency operations
abroad.
(i) Use without fiscal year limitation the exchange allowances or
proceeds derived from the exchange or sale of passenger motor vehicles in
possession of the Agency abroad, in accordance with section 201(c) of the
Act of June 30,?1949 (40 U.S.C. 4$l(c)), for replacement of an equal number
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of such vehicles.
SECTION 5. Section 10(a)(1) of such Act is amended by inserting
"Chapter 171 of" immediately before "26 U.S.C."
SECTION 6. "Such Act is amended by inserting a new Section 9
which shall read as follows:
Section 9. (a) For the purpose of computing eligi-
bility for retirement and the amount of the annuity
under the Civil Service Retirement Act (Act of 22 May
1920, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 691) each year of service
abroad as an employee of the Agency after 18 September
1917 shall be credited as one and one half years of
service and each such year served at a post abroad
classified by the Director as an unhealthful post
by reason of climatic or other extreme conditions
shall be credited as two years of service. The retire-
ment ages prescribed in the Civil Service Retirement
Act shall be lowered by the number of months of extra
service credit granted for service abroad and at un-
healthful posts. Such additional credits shall- be
granted proportionately for. fractional years of see 1
Provided,, That voluntary retirement shall not be allcred
,until. such persons, shall: have,,reaehed 50 years of c
and shall have. completed: twenty years of actual servi ex.,
and. then only.with approval of the Director.
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(b) NO annuity paid under the Civil Service
Retirement Act shall be reduced solely because the annuitant
has retired at an age lowered in accordance with the pro-
visions of subsection (a) of this Section. The base age
provided by the Civil Service Retirement Act for computing
a .percentage reduction in annuities shall be reduced by
same amount as the reduction in retirement age made
in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section."
SECTION 7. Section 6(f)(1) of such Act is amended by striking
out "fifteen" and inserting in lieu thereof the following;; "thirty-
five".
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