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[CITE: 50USC2013]

 
                   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. 2013. Participants in CIARDS system


(a) Designation of participants

    The Director may from time to time designate employees of the Agency 
who shall be entitled to participate in the system. Employees so 
designated who elect to participate in the system are referred to in 
this chapter as ``participants''.

(b) Qualifying service

    Designation of employees under this section may be made only from 
among employees of the Agency who have completed at least 5 years of 
qualifying service. For purposes of this chapter, qualifying service is 
service in the Agency performed in carrying out duties that are 
determined by the Director--
        (1) to be in support of Agency activities abroad hazardous to 
    life or health; or
        (2) to be so specialized because of security requirements as to 
    be clearly distinguishable from normal government employment.

(c) Election of employee to be participant

                     (1) Permanence of election

        An employee of the Agency who elects to accept designation as a 
    participant in the system shall remain a participant of the system 
    for the duration of that individual's employment with the Agency.

                   (2) Irrevocability of election

        Such an election shall be irrevocable except as and to the 
    extent provided in section 2151(d) of this title.

                (3) Election not subject to approval

        An election under this section is not subject to review or 
    approval by the Director.

(Pub. L. 88-643, title II, Sec. 203, as added Pub. L. 102-496, title 
VIII, Sec. 802, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3202.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 203 of Pub. L. 88-643, title II, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 
Stat. 1044; Pub. L. 102-88, title III, Sec. 303, Aug. 14, 1991, 105 
Stat. 431, related to participants in the system 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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 403p, 403r, 403s, 2001, 
2002, 2151, 2152, 2154 of this title.
