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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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  1. (a)ProhibitionA 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.
  2. (b)DefinitionsIn this section:
    1. (1)The term “decoration” means any decoration or award that may be presented or awarded to a member of the armed forces.
    2. (2)The term “serious violent felony” has the meaning given that term in section 3559(c)(2)(F) of title 18.