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Title 5, Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-110

§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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

If a federal, state, or local court convicts someone of starting, organizing, encouraging, taking part in, or helping with a riot or civil disorder, or of any crime an agency head finds was done to further or while taking part in a riot, and that conviction is a felony, the person cannot take or keep any job with the U.S. government or the government of the District of Columbia for five years after the conviction is final. If they hold such a job when the conviction becomes final, they must be removed. A felony means a crime that can be punished 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;
shall, if the offense for which he is convicted is a felony, be ineligible to accept or hold any position in the Government of the United States or in the government of the District of Columbia for the five years immediately following the date upon which his conviction becomes final. Any such individual holding a position in the Government of the United States or the government of the District of Columbia on the date his conviction becomes final shall be removed from such position.
(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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110