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10 U.S.C. § 1132

Presentation of decorations: prohibition on entering correctional facilities for presentation to prisoners convicted of serious violent felonies

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(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.(Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 537(a), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2019.)