United States Code
USC most recently checked for updates: Mar 30, 2023
§ 1132.
Presentation of decorations: prohibition on entering correctional facilities for presentation to prisoners convicted of serious violent felonies
(a)
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)
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.
(2)
The term “serious violent felony” has the meaning given that term in section 3559(c)(2)(F) of title 18.
cite as: 10 USC 1132
