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

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s1132"
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title: "10 USC § 1132 - Presentation of decorations: prohibition on entering correctional facilities for presentation to prisoners convicted of serious violent felonies"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "1132"
section_name: "Presentation of decorations: prohibition on entering correctional facilities for presentation to prisoners convicted of serious violent felonies"
chapter_number: 57
chapter_name: "DECORATIONS AND AWARDS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 537(a), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2019.)"
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# § 1132. Presentation of decorations: prohibition on entering correctional facilities for presentation to prisoners convicted of serious violent felonies

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