Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73
§1918 Disloyalty and asserting the right to strike against the Government
Title 18 › Part PART I— - CRIMES › Chapter CHAPTER 93— - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES › § 1918
Summary
Stops a person from holding a U.S. or D.C. government job if they advocate overthrowing the constitutional government, knowingly belong to an organization that does, join or claim the right to strike against them, or knowingly belong to an employee group that does.
Full Legal Text
Title 18, §1918
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Whoever violates the provision of section 7311 of title 5 that an individual may not accept or hold a position in the Government of the United States or the government of the District of Columbia if he—
(1)advocates the overthrow of our constitutional form of government;
(2)is a member of an organization that he knows advocates the overthrow of our constitutional form of government;
(3)participates in a strike, or asserts the right to strike, against the Government of the United States or the government of the District of Columbia; or
(4)is a member of an organization of employees of the Government of the United States or of individuals employed by the government of the District of Columbia that he knows asserts the right to strike against the Government of the United States or the government of the District of Columbia;
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 118r.Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 690, § 3, 69 Stat. 625. [Uncodified.]
June 29, 1956, ch. 479, § 3 (as applicable to the Act of Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 690, § 3, 69 Stat. 625), 70 Stat. 453. The section is rewritten to conform to the style of title 18. The statement of the acts prohibited is supplied from the Act of Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 690, § 1, 69 Stat. 624, which is codified in section 7311 of title 5, United States Code. The words “From and after
July 1, 1956”, appearing in the Act of
June 29, 1956, are omitted as executed. The words “shall be guilty of a felony” are omitted as unnecessary in view of the definitive section 1 of this title. (See reviser’s note under section 550 of this title.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–294 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000” in concluding provisions.
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Citation
18 U.S.C. § 1918
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73