A bill 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 operate or managed by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Summary
This bill would allow former employees of certain private aviation companies—specifically Air America, Air Asia Company Limited, and the Pacific Division of Southern Air Transport—to count their years of service toward federal civil service retirement benefits. These companies were secretly owned or controlled by the U.S. government and managed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the Cold War and Vietnam War eras. If passed, the legislation would provide these individuals, who often performed hazardous duties for the government under the guise of private employment, with the same pension eligibility and retirement credit as traditional federal employees.