10 U.S.C. § 1132: Presentation of decorations: prohibition on entering correctional facilities for presentation to prisoners convicted of serious violent felonies
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 10—ARMED FORCES
- CHAPTER 57—DECORATIONS AND AWARDS
(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. (2) The term “serious violent felony” has the meaning given that term in section 3559(c)(2)(F) of title 18.
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