§2055 — Title 50 War and National Defense | U.S. Code

§2055 Mandatory retirement

Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 38— - CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM › Part Part D— - Benefits Accruing to Certain Participants › § 2055

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director can put an employee into retired status if the employee has at least 10 years with the Agency and either has worked 25 years or is at least 50 years old with 20 years of service. Employees are automatically retired at age 65 if they are Senior Intelligence Service level 4 or above, and at age 60 for everyone else. That retirement takes effect on the last day of the month they reach that age. The Director may delay that date up to 5 years for public interest. Retirees get benefits under section 2031.

Title 50, §2055

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(a)(1)The Director may, in the Director’s discretion, place in a retired status any participant in the system described in paragraph (2).

(2)Paragraph (1) applies with respect to any participant who has not less than 10 years of service with the Agency and who—

(A)has completed at least 25 years of service; or

(B)is at least 50 years of age and has completed at least 20 years of service.

(b)(1)A participant in the system shall be automatically retired from the Agency—

(A)upon reaching age 65, in the case of a participant in the system who is at the Senior Intelligence Service rank of level 4 or above; and

(B)upon reaching age 60, in the case of any other participant in the system.

(2)Retirement under paragraph (1) shall be effective on the last day of the month in which the participant reaches the age applicable to that participant under that paragraph.

(3)In any case in which the Director determines it to be in the public interest, the Director may extend the mandatory retirement date for a participant under this subsection by a period of not to exceed 5 years.

(c)A participant retired under this section shall receive retirement benefits in accordance with section 2031 of this title.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 235 of Pub. L. 88–643, title II, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1049; Ex. Ord. No. 12443, § 13, Sept. 27, 1983, 48 F.R. 44754; Pub. L. 99–335, title V, § 501(2), June 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 622; Pub. L. 102–183, title III, § 307, Dec. 4, 1991, 105 Stat. 1265, related to mandatory retirement and was set out as a note under section 403 of this title prior to the general amendment of Pub. L. 88–643 by section 802 of Pub. L. 102–496.

Amendments

2010—Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 111–259 substituted “who is at the Senior Intelligence Service rank” for “receiving compensation under the Senior Intelligence Service pay schedule at the rate”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on first day of fourth month beginning after Oct. 24, 1992, see section 805 of Pub. L. 102–496, set out as a note under section 2001 of this title.