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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 5167 (Reported in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United S... · Sec. 705

Sec. 705. Treatment of certain Agency service as active-duty service for purposes of benefits administered by Secretary of Veterans Affairs

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Title III of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act ( 50 U.S.C. 2151 et seq. ) is amended— in the heading, by inserting after and Veterans Affairs benefits ; and system by adding at the end the following new section: For purposes of the benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under title 38, United States Code, or any other provision of law, an injury or illness incurred or aggravated by the covered service of a qualifying veteran shall be treated as an injury or illness incurred or aggravated in line of duty in the active military, naval, air, or space service.
In this section: The term active military, naval, air, or space service has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code. The term covered service means service performed by a qualifying veteran that meets the criteria specified in the classified annex accompanying the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 or any subsequent Intelligence Authorization Act. The term qualifying veteran means an employee of the Agency who is a veteran (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code). .
Section 308 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to injuries or illnesses incurred or aggravated before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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