---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 2053"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "2053"
heading: "Voluntary retirement"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/2053"
units:
  - "Chapter 38 — Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability"
  - "Subchapter II — Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System"
  - "Part D — Benefits Accruing to Certain Participants"
---

# §2053. Voluntary retirement

- (a) A participant who is at least 50 years of age and has completed 20 years of service may, on the participant’s application and with the consent of the [Director](/usc/50/2001.md?p=2), be retired from the [Agency](/usc/50/2001.md?p=1) and receive benefits in accordance with the provisions of [section 2031 of this title](/usc/50/2031.md) if the participant has not less than 10 years of service with the [Agency](/usc/50/2001.md?p=1).
- (b) A participant who has at least 25 years of service, ten years of which are with the [Agency](/usc/50/2001.md?p=1), may retire, with the consent of the [Director](/usc/50/2001.md?p=2), at any age and receive benefits in accordance with the provisions of [section 2031 of this title](/usc/50/2031.md) if the Office of Personnel Management has authorized separation from service voluntarily for [Agency](/usc/50/2001.md?p=1) [employees](/usc/50/2001.md?p=9) under [section 8336(d)(2) of title 5](/usc/5/8336.md?p=d-2) with respect to the Civil Service Retirement System or [section 8414(b)(1)(B)](/usc/5/8414.md?p=b-1-B) of such title with respect to the Federal [Employees](/usc/50/2001.md?p=9)’ Retirement System.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 88–643, title II, § 233, as added Pub. L. 102–496, title VIII, § 802, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3225; amended Pub. L. 103–36, § 3, June 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 106.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 233 of Pub. L. 88–643, title II, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1048, related to voluntary retirement and was set out as a note under section 403 of this title prior to the general amendment of Pub. L. 88–643 by section 802 of Pub. L. 102–496.

### Amendments

1993—Pub. L. 103–36 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on first day of fourth month beginning after Oct. 24, 1992, see section 805 of Pub. L. 102–496, set out as a note under section 2001 of this title.