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§2143 Alternative Forms of Annuities

Title 50 › CHAPTER 38 — CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY › SUBCHAPTER II — CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM › Part K — Conformity With Civil Service Retirement System › § 2143

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director must make rules so that any participant with a life‑threatening illness or other critical medical condition can, when retiring under this subchapter (except under section 2051), choose annuity benefits under this section instead of other benefits under this subchapter, including survivor benefits, based on the participant’s service that counts under this subchapter. Any lump‑sum credit given with that choice does not stop the person from getting other benefits allowed by that choice. Those rules and the alternative annuity options must, as much as possible, meet the requirements in section 8343a of title 5. The Director must send the rules to the congressional intelligence committees before the rules take effect.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §2143

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(a)Authority for alternative form of annuity
The Director shall prescribe regulations under which any participant who has a life-threatening affliction or other critical medical condition may, at the time of retiring under this subchapter (other than under section 2051 of this title), elect annuity benefits under this section instead of any other benefits under this subchapter (including any survivor benefits under this subchapter) based on the service of the participant creditable under this subchapter.
(b)Basis for alternative forms of annuity
The regulations and alternative forms of annuity shall, to the maximum extent practicable, meet the requirements prescribed in section 8343a of title 5.
(c)Lump-sum credit
Any lump-sum credit provided pursuant to an election under subsection (a) shall not preclude an individual from receiving other benefits provided under that subsection.
(d)Submission of regulations to congressional intelligence committees
The Director shall submit the regulations prescribed under subsection (a) to the congressional intelligence committees before the regulations take effect.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 294 of Pub. L. 88–643, as added Pub. L. 99–335, title V, § 505, June 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 624, related to alternative forms of annuities 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

1993—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–66 substituted “any participant who has a life-threatening affliction or other critical medical condition” for “a participant”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1993 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–66 effective Oct. 1, 1994, and applicable with respect to any annuity commencing on or after that date, see section 11002(d) of Pub. L. 103–66, set out as a note under section 8343a of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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.

Reference

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Citation

50 U.S.C. § 2143

Title 50, War and National Defense

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110