Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees
Part III · Chapter 73 — Suitability, Security, and Conduct
§ 7313. Riots and civil disorders
Statutory text
An individual convicted by any Federal, State, or local court of competent jurisdiction of—
inciting a riot or civil disorder;
organizing, promoting, encouraging, or participating in a riot or civil disorder;
aiding or abetting any person in committing any offense specified in clause (1) or (2); or
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.
For the purposes of this section, “felony” means any offense for which imprisonment is authorized for a term exceeding one year.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
Pub. L. 90–351 title V § 1001(a) · 82 Stat. 197
Enacted · 5 U.S.C. § 7313
(Added Pub. L. 90–351, title V, § 1001(a), June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 235.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 90–351, title V, § 1001(a), June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 235.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding immediately after section 7312 the following 80 Stat. 524. new section: “§ 7313. Riots and civil disorders “(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 nave been committed in furtherance of, or while participating in, a riot or civil disorder; shall, if the offense for which be 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 “Felony.” for which imprisonment is authorized for a term exceeding one year.”
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 90–351, title V, § 1002, , 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 [].”
Receipt of Benefits Under Laws Providing Relief for Disaster Victims
Pub. L. 90–448, title XI, § 1106(e), , 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.”
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 90–351, title V, § 1001(a), , 82 Stat. 235.)