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[CITE: 50USC2011]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
    CHAPTER 38--CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY 
                                 SYSTEM
 
                     Part A--Establishment of System
 
Sec. 2011. CIARDS system


(a) In general

                     (1) Establishment of system

        There is a retirement and disability system for certain 
    employees of the Central Intelligence Agency known as the Central 
    Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System (hereinafter in 
    this chapter referred to as the ``system''), originally established 
    pursuant to title II of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement 
    Act of 1964 for Certain Employees.

                         (2) DCI regulations

        The Director shall prescribe regulations for the system. The 
    Director shall submit any proposed regulations for the system to the 
    congressional intelligence committees not less than 14 days before 
    they take effect.

(b) Administration of system

    The Director shall administer the system in accordance with 
regulations prescribed under this subchapter and with the principles 
established by this subchapter.

(c) Finality of decisions of DCI

    In the interests of the security of the foreign intelligence 
activities of the United States and in order further to implement 
paragraph (6) of section 403-3(c) of this title that the Director of 
Central Intelligence shall be responsible for protecting intelligence 
sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure, and notwithstanding 
the provisions of chapter 7 of title 5 or any other provision of law 
(except section 2155(b) of this title), any determination by the 
Director authorized by this chapter shall be final and conclusive and 
shall not be subject to review by any court.

(Pub. L. 88-643, title II, Sec. 201, as added Pub. L. 102-496, title 
VIII, Sec. 802, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3201; amended Pub. L. 103-178, 
title II, Sec. 202(a)(2), Dec. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 2026; Pub. L. 105-272, 
title IV, Sec. 403(b), Oct. 20, 1998, 112 Stat. 2404.)

                       References in Text

    The Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain 
Employees, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is Pub. L. 88-643, Oct. 13, 
1964, 78 Stat. 1043, as amended, which was formerly set out as a note 
under section 403 of this title. Pub. L. 88-643 was revised generally by 
Pub. L. 102-496, title VIII, Sec. 802, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3196, 
and is now known as the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act. As 
so revised, title II of Pub. L. 88-643 is classified generally to this 
subchapter.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 201 of Pub. L. 88-643, title II, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 
Stat. 1043; Pub. L. 98-618, title III, Sec. 302, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 
3300; Pub. L. 99-335, title V, Sec. 501(1), June 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 622, 
related to rules and regulations 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

    1998--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-272 substituted ``paragraph (6) of 
section 403-3(c) of this title'' for ``section 403-3(c)(5) of this 
title''.
    1993--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-178 substituted ``section 403-3(c)(5) 
of this title'' for ``the proviso of section 403(d)(3) of this title''.


                    Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-178 effective Feb. 1, 1993, see section 
202(b) of Pub. L. 103-178, set out as a note under section 2001 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2155 of this title.
