                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                       CHAPTER 12--CIVIL DISORDERS
 
Sec. 233. Preemption

    Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as indicating 
an intent on the part of Congress to occupy the field in which any 
provisions of the chapter operate to the exclusion of State or local 
laws on the same subject matter, nor shall any provision of this chapter 
be construed to invalidate any provision of State law unless such 
provision is inconsistent with any of the purposes of this chapter or 
any provision thereof.

(Added Pub. L. 90-284, title X, Sec. 1002(a), Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 
91.)
