Sec. 2. Authority to pay personnel of Central Intelligence Agency for certain injuries to the brain
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Section 19A of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ( 50 U.S.C. 3519b ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, but subject to paragraph (2), the Director may provide payment to a covered dependent, a covered employee, and a covered individual for a qualifying injury to the brain. Payment under paragraph
(1)in a fiscal year may only be made using amounts appropriated in advance specifically for payments under such paragraph in such fiscal year. Payments under paragraph
(1)using amounts appropriated for such purpose shall be made either in the order in which claims for such payments are filed or on a pro-rata basis. The total amount of funding obligated for payments under paragraph
(1)may not exceed the amount specifically appropriated for providing payments under such paragraph during its period of availability. The Director may make payments under paragraph
(1)in a lump sum payment or through multiple payments, including, subject to subparagraph (A), payments occurring in more than one year. The Director shall prescribe regulations to carry out this subsection. The regulations prescribed under subparagraph
(A)shall be consistent with this subsection and section 2 of the HAVANA Act of 2021, and include regulations detailing fair and equitable criteria for payment under paragraph (1). Payments made under paragraph
(1)are supplemental to any other benefit furnished by the United States Government for which a covered dependent, covered employee, or covered individual is entitled, and the receipt of such payments may not affect the eligibility of such a person to any other benefit furnished by the United States Government. . Payment under subsection
(d)of such section, as added by subsection
(a)of this section, may be made available for a qualifying injury to the brain that occurs before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act, as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency considers appropriate. Section 19A(b) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ( 50 U.S.C. 3519b(b) ) is amended, in the subsection heading, by inserting before total disability resulting from . certain injuries Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the use of the authority provided by section 19A(d) of such Act, as added by subsection
(a)of this section. The report submitted under subparagraph
(A)shall include the following: A budget or spend plan for the use of the authority described in subparagraph
(A)for the subsequent fiscal year. Information relating to the use of the authority described in subparagraph
(A)for the preceding year, including the following: The total amount expended. The number of covered dependents, covered employees, and covered individuals for whom payments were made. The amounts that were provided to each person described in subclause (II). An assessment of whether additional authorities are required to ensure that covered dependents, covered employees, and covered individuals can receive payments for qualifying injuries, such as a qualifying injury to the back or heart. The report submitted under subparagraph
(A)shall be submitted in classified form. Not later than March 1, 2022, the Director shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing an estimate of the obligation that the Director expects to incur in providing payment under section 19A(d) of such Act, as added by subsection
(a)of this section, in fiscal year 2023. Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the feasibility of the Central Intelligence Agency adopting a disability benefits program similar to the disability benefits program of the Department of Defense. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall prescribe regulations required under section 19A(d)(3)(A) of such Act, as added by subsection
(a)of this section. Not later than 210 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees the regulations prescribed in accordance with paragraph (1). In this section: The term appropriate congressional committees mean— the congressional intelligence committees (as that term is defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003 )); and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The terms covered dependent , covered employee , covered individual , and qualifying injury have the meanings given such terms in section 19A(a) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ( 50 U.S.C. 3519b(a) ).
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Authority to pay personnel of Central Intelligence Agency for certain injuries to the brain
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