---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 3108"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "3108"
heading: "Employment of detective agencies; restrictions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/3108"
units:
  - "Part III — Employees"
  - "Subpart B — Employment and Retention"
  - "Chapter 31 — Authority for Employment"
  - "Subchapter I — Employment Authorities"
---

# §3108. Employment of detective agencies; restrictions


An individual employed by the Pinkerton Detective [Agency](/usc/5/3132.md?p=a-1), or similar organization, may not be employed by the [Government](/usc/5/4101.md?p=3) of the [United States](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-18) or the [government](/usc/5/4101.md?p=3) of the District of Columbia.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89– 554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 416.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 53. | Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 208 (5th par. under “Public Buildings”), 27 Stat. 591. |

The prohibition is restated in positive form.

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.