§ 1132 - Presentation of decorations: prohibition on entering correctional facilities for presentation to prisoners convicted of serious violent felonies

CHAPTER 57— DECORATIONS AND AWARDS

(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:

(b)(1) The term “decoration” means any decoration or award that may be presented or awarded to a member of the armed forces.

(b)(2) The term “serious violent felony” has the meaning given that term in section 3559(c)(2)(F) of title 18.