10 U.S.C. § 1132 – Presentation of decorations: prohibition on entering correctional facilities for presentation to prisoners convicted of serious violent felonies | Midpage
§ 1132
10 U.S.C. § 1132
Presentation of decorations: prohibition on entering correctional facilities for presentation to prisoners convicted of serious violent felonies
(Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 537(a), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2019.)
(a) Prohibition.— A member of the armed forces may not enter a Federal, State, local, or foreign correctional facility to present a decoration to a person who is incarcerated due to conviction of a serious violent felony.
(b) Definitions.— In this section:
(1) The term “decoration” means any decoration or award that may be presented or awarded to a member of the armed forces.