- affected employee
means an employee of the Agency covered under subchapter II of chapter 84 of title 5 who—
- Agency
means the Central Intelligence Agency.
- assumed CIARDS annuity
means the amount of the survivor annuity to which the widow or widower would be entitled under subchapter II of this chapter based on the service of the deceased annuitant determined under section 8442(f)(5) of such title.
- child
includes an adopted child and a natural child, but does not include a stepchild.
- congressional intelligence committees
means the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
- court
means a court of a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands, and any Indian court.
- court order
means any court decree of divorce, annulment or legal separation, or any court order or court-approved property settlement agreement incident to such court decree of divorce, annulment, or legal separation.
- covered position
means a position as—
- creditable service
means all periods of a participant’s service that are creditable under sections 2081, 2082, and 2083 of this title.
- determination month
means—
- Director
means the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
- employee
means an employee of the Agency who is subject to chapter 84 of title 5, including an employee referred to in section 2152(a) of this title.
- former participant
means a person who—
- former spouse
includes any former wife or husband of the retired participant, regardless of the length of marriage or the amount of creditable service completed by the participant.
- fund balance
means the sum of—
- lump-sum credit
means the unrefunded amount consisting of retirement deductions made from a participant’s basic pay and amounts deposited by a participant covering earlier service, including any amounts deposited under section 2082(h) of this title.
- normal cost
means the level percentage of payroll required to be deposited in the fund to meet the cost of benefits payable under the system (computed in accordance with generally accepted actuarial practice on an entry-age basis) less the value of retirement benefits earned under another retirement system for government employees and less the cost of credit allowed for military service.
- pay
means the rate of salary or basic pay as payable under any provision of law, including any provision of law limiting the expenditure of appropriated funds.
- previous spouse
means an individual who was married for at least 9 months to a participant, former participant, or retired participant who had at least 18 months of service which are creditable under sections 2081, 2082, and 2083 of this title.
- pro rata share
means the percentage that is equal to (A) the number of days of the marriage of the qualified former spouse to the employee during the employee’s periods of creditable service under chapter 84 of title 5, divided by (B) the total number of days of the employee’s creditable service.
- qualified former spouse
means a former spouse of an employee or retired employee who—
- qualifying service
means service determined by the Director to have been performed in carrying out duties described in section 2013 of this title.
- retired participant
means a person who—
- revised annuity participant
means an individual who—
- spousal agreement
means an agreement between an employee, former employee, or retired employee and such employee’s spouse or qualified former spouse that—
- State
includes the District of Columbia and any territory or possession of the United States.
- surviving spouse
means the surviving wife or husband of a participant or retired participant who (i) was married to the participant or retired participant for at least 9 months immediately preceding the participant’s or retired participant’s death, or (ii) who is the parent of a child born of the marriage.
- unfunded liability
means the estimated amount by which—