---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 2055"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "2055"
heading: "Mandatory retirement"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/2055"
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"
---

# §2055. Mandatory retirement

- (a) **Involuntary retirement—**
  - (1) **Authority of director.—** The [Director](/usc/50/2001.md?p=2) may, in the [Director](/usc/50/2001.md?p=2)’s discretion, place in a retired status any participant in the system described in [paragraph (2)](#a-2).
  - (2) [Paragraph (1)](#a-1) applies with respect to any participant who has not less than 10 years of service with the [Agency](/usc/50/2001.md?p=1) and who—
    - (A) has completed at least 25 years of service; or
    - (B) is at least 50 years of age and has completed at least 20 years of service.
- (b) **Mandatory retirement for age—**
  - (1) **In general—** A participant in the system shall be automatically retired from the [Agency](/usc/50/2001.md?p=1)—
    - (A) upon reaching age 65, in the case of a participant in the system who is at the Senior Intelligence Service rank of level 4 or above; and
    - (B) upon reaching age 60, in the case of any other participant in the system.
  - (2) **Effective date of retirement—** Retirement under [paragraph (1)](#b-1) shall be effective on the last day of the month in which the participant reaches the age applicable to that participant under that paragraph.
  - (3) **Authority for extension—** In any case in which the [Director](/usc/50/2001.md?p=2) determines it to be in the public interest, the [Director](/usc/50/2001.md?p=2) may extend the mandatory retirement date for a participant under this subsection by a period of not to exceed 5 years.
- (c) **Retirement benefits—** A participant retired under this section shall receive retirement benefits in accordance with [section 2031 of this title](/usc/50/2031.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 88–643, title II, § 235, as added Pub. L. 102–496, title VIII, § 802, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3225; amended Pub. L. 111–259, title II, § 201, Oct. 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 2657.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 235 of Pub. L. 88–643, title II, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1049; Ex. Ord. No. 12443, § 13, Sept. 27, 1983, 48 F.R. 44754; Pub. L. 99–335, title V, § 501(2), June 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 622; Pub. L. 102–183, title III, § 307, Dec. 4, 1991, 105 Stat. 1265, related to mandatory 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

2010—Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 111–259 substituted “who is at the Senior Intelligence Service rank” for “receiving compensation under the Senior Intelligence Service pay schedule at the rate”.

### 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.