text: SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS.
  
      (a) In General.--Section 8332(b) of title 5, United States Code, is 
  amended--
              (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (16);
              (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (17) and 
          inserting ``; and'';
              (3) by adding after paragraph (17) the following:
              ``(18) any period of service performed before 1977, while a 
          citizen of the United States, in the employ of Air America, 
          Incorporated, Air Asia Company Limited (a subsidiary of Air 
          America, Incorporated), or the Pacific Division of Southern Air 
          Transport, Incorporated, at a time when that corporation (or 
          subsidiary) was owned or controlled by the Government of the 
          United States and operated or managed by the Central 
          Intelligence Agency.''; and
              (4) by adding at the end the following: ``For purposes of 
          this subchapter, service of the type described in paragraph 
          (18) of this subsection shall be considered to have been 
          service as an employee, and the Office of Personnel Management 
          shall accept the certification of the Director of Central 
          Intelligence or his designee concerning any such service.''.
      (b) Exemption From Deposit Requirement.--Section 8334(g) of title 
  5, United States Code, is amended--
              (1 by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (5);
              (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (6) and 
          inserting ``; or''; and
              (3) by adding after paragraph (6) the following:
              ``(7) any service for which credit is allowed under section 
          8332(b)(18) of this title.''.
  
  SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.
  
      (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this section, the 
  amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to annuities 
  commencing on or after the effective date of this Act.
      (b) Provisions Relating to Current Annuitants.--Any individual who 
  is entitled to an annuity for the month in which this Act becomes 
  effective may, upon application submitted to the Office of Personnel 
  Management within 2 years after the effective date of this Act, have 
  the amount of such annuity recomputed as if the amendments made by this 
  Act had been in effect throughout all periods of service on the basis 
  of which such annuity is or may be based. Any such recomputation shall 
  be effective as of the commencement date of the annuity, and any 
  additional amounts becoming payable for periods before the first month 
  for which the recomputation is reflected in the individual's regular 
  monthly annuity payments shall be payable to such individual in the 
  form of a lump-sum payment.
      (c) Provisions Relating to Individuals Eligible for (but not 
  Currently Receiving) an Annuity.--
              (1) In general.--Any individual (not described in 
          subsection (b)) who becomes eligible for an annuity or for an 
          increased annuity as a result of the enactment of this Act may 
          elect to have such individual's rights under subchapter III of 
          chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, determined as if the 
          amendments made by this Act had been in effect, throughout all 
          periods of service on the basis of which such annuity is or 
          would be based, by submitting an appropriate application to the 
          Office of Personnel Management within 2 years after--
                      (A) the effective date of this Act; or
                      (B) if later, the date on which such individual 
                  separates from service.
              (2) Commencement date, etc.--
                      (A) In general.--Any entitlement to an annuity or 
                  to an increased annuity resulting from an application 
                  under paragraph (1) shall be effective as of the 
                  commencement date of such annuity (subject to 
                  subparagraph (B), if applicable), and any amounts 
                  becoming payable for periods before the first month for 
                  which regular monthly annuity payments begin to be made 
                  in accordance with the amendments made by this Act 
                  shall be payable to such individual in the form of a 
                  lump-sum payment.
                      (B) Retroactivity.--Any determination of the 
                  amount, or of the commencement date, of any annuity, 
                  all the requirements for entitlement to which 
                  (including separation, but disregarding any application 
                  requirement) would have been satisfied before the 
                  effective date of this Act if this Act had then been in 
                  effect (but would not then otherwise have been 
                  satisfied absent this Act) shall be made as if 
                  application for such annuity had been submitted as of 
                  the earliest date that would have been allowable, after 
                  such individual's separation from service, if such 
                  amendments had been in effect throughout the periods of 
                  service referred to in the first sentence of paragraph 
                  (1).
      (d) Right to File on Behalf of a Decedent.--The regulations under 
  section 4(a) shall include provisions, consistent with the order of 
  precedence set forth in section 8342(c) of title 5, United States Code, 
  under which a survivor of an individual who performed service described 
  in section 8332(b)(18) of such title (as amended by section 1) shall be 
  allowed to submit an application on behalf of and to receive any lump-
  sum payment that would otherwise have been payable to the decedent 
  under subsection (b) or (c). Such an application shall not be valid 
  unless it is filed within 2 years after the effective date of this Act 
  or 1 year after the date of the decedent's death, whichever is later.
  
  SEC. 3. FUNDING.
  
      (a) Lump-Sum Payments.--Any lump-sum payments under section 2 shall 
  be payable out of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.
      (b) Unfunded Liability.--Any increase in the unfunded liability of 
  the Civil Service Retirement System attributable to the enactment of 
  this Act shall be financed in accordance with section 8348(f) of title 
  5, United States Code.
  
  SEC. 4. REGULATIONS AND SPECIAL RULE.
  
      (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the Director 
  of the Office of Personnel Management, in consultation with the 
  Director of Central Intelligence, shall prescribe any regulations 
  necessary to carry out this Act. Such regulations shall include 
  provisions under which rules similar to those established pursuant to 
  section 201 of the Federal Employees' Retirement System Act of 1986 
  shall be applied with respect to any service described in section 
  8332(b)(18) of title 5, United States Code (as amended by section 1) 
  that was subject to title II of the Social Security Act.
      (b) Other Regulations.--The Director of Central Intelligence, in 
  consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 
  shall prescribe any regulations which may become necessary, with 
  respect to any retirement system administered by the Director of 
  Central Intelligence, as a result of the enactment of this Act.
      (c) Special Rule.--For purposes of any application for any benefit 
  which is computed or recomputed taking into account any service 
  described in section 8332(b)(18) of title 5, United States Code (as 
  amended by section 1), section 8345(i)(2) of such title shall be 
  applied by deeming the reference to the date of the ``other event which 
  gives rise to title to the benefit'' to refer to the effective date of 
  this Act, if later than the date of the event that would otherwise 
  apply.
  
  SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
  
      For purposes of this Act--
              (1) the terms ``unfunded liability'', ``survivor'', and 
          ``survivor annuitant'' have the meanings given to them by 
          section 8331 of title 5, United States Code; and
              (2) the term ``annuity'', as used in subsections (b) and 
          (c) of section 2, includes a survivor annuity.
  
  SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
  
      This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first fiscal 
  year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
target: Makes creditable for civil service retirement purposes pre-1977 service performed by a U.S. citizen with Air America, Incorporated, Air Asia Company Limited, or the Pacific Division of Southern Air Transport, Incorporated, while those entities were owned or controlled by the U.S. Government and operated or managed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
feat_title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to make creditable for civil service retirement purposes certain periods of service performed with Air America, Incorporated, Air Asia Company Limited, or the Pacific Division of Southern Air Transport, Incorporated, while those entities were owned or controlled by the Government of the United States and operated or managed by the Central Intelligence Agency.