Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73not60
§7313 Riots and Civil Disorders
Title 5 › Part III— EMPLOYEES › Subpart F— Labor-Management and Employee Relations › Chapter 73— SUITABILITY, SECURITY, AND CONDUCT › Subchapter II— EMPLOYMENT LIMITATIONS › § 7313
Summary
If a person is convicted in any federal, state, or local court of starting, planning, encouraging, joining, or helping someone in a riot or civil disturbance, or of any crime their agency head says was done while taking part in one, that conviction is covered. "Felony" means a crime punishable by more than one year in prison.
Full Legal Text
Title 5, §7313
Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)An individual convicted by any Federal, State, or local court of competent jurisdiction of—
(1)inciting a riot or civil disorder;
(2)organizing, promoting, encouraging, or participating in a riot or civil disorder;
(3)aiding or abetting any person in committing any offense specified in clause (1) or (2); or
(4)any offense determined by the head of the employing agency to have been committed in furtherance of, or while participating in, a riot or civil disorder;
(b)For the purposes of this section, “felony” means any offense for which imprisonment is authorized for a term exceeding one year.
Legislative History
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 90–351, title V, § 1002,
June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 235, provided that: “The provisions of section 1001(a) of this title [enacting this section] shall apply only with respect to acts referred to in section 7313(a)(1)–(4) of title 5, United States Code, as added by section 1001 of this title, which are committed after the date of enactment of this title [
June 19, 1968].” Receipt of Benefits Under Laws Providing Relief for Disaster Victims Pub. L. 90–448, title XI, § 1106(e), Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 567, provided that: “No person who has been convicted of committing a felony during and in connection with a riot or civil disorder shall be permitted, for a period of one year after the date of his conviction, to receive any benefit under any law of the United States providing relief for disaster victims.”
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Citation
5 U.S.C. § 7313
Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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