50 U.S.C. § 3519 — Special rules for disability retirement and death-in-service benefits with respect to certain employees

(a) Even if another law says otherwise, an Agency officer or employee covered by the retirement system in subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5 must be retired under 50 U.S.C. § 2051, instead of under 5 U.S.C. § 8337, if all of these conditions apply: (1) the person has 5 years of civilian service credit toward retirement under that subchapter; (2) the person has not been designated under 50 U.S.C. § 2013 as a participant in the Agency Retirement and Disability System; (3) the person became disabled while assigned to duties that qualify for that designation; and (4) the person meets the disability-retirement requirements in 5 U.S.C. § 8337. The retirement may happen on the person’s application or on the Director’s order, and the annuity is computed under § 2051. (b) Even if another law says otherwise, a survivor of an Agency officer or employee covered by that retirement system is entitled to an annuity computed under 50 U.S.C. § 2052, instead of under 5 U.S.C. § 8341, if all of these conditions apply: (1) the person had at least 18 months of civilian service credit toward retirement under that subchapter; (2) the person was not designated under § 2013 as an Agency Retirement and Disability System participant; (3) the person died before separating or retiring from the Agency while assigned to qualifying duties; and (4) the person left a surviving spouse, former spouse, or child as defined in 50 U.S.C. § 2002 who would otherwise receive an annuity under § 8341. (c) Annuities under subsections (a) and (b) are treated as annuities under chapter 83 of title 5 for that chapter’s other provisions and for other laws, including title 26, that concern those annuities. They are paid from the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund maintained under 50 U.S.C. § 2012.