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[CITE: 5USC7313]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
           Subpart F--Labor-Management and Employee Relations
 
             CHAPTER 73--SUITABILITY, SECURITY, AND CONDUCT
 
                  SUBCHAPTER II--EMPLOYMENT LIMITATIONS
 
Sec. 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 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.

(Added Pub. L. 90-351, title V, Sec. 1001(a), June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 
235.)


                             Effective Date

    Section 1002 of Pub. L. 90-351 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

    Section 1106(e) of Pub. L. 90-448, title XI, 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.''
