Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60
§1132 Presentation of Decorations: Prohibition on Entering Correctional Facilities for Presentation to Prisoners Convicted of Serious Violent Felonies
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part II— PERSONNEL › Chapter 57— DECORATIONS AND AWARDS › § 1132
Summary
Service members must not enter federal, state, local, or foreign prisons to give a military award to someone jailed for a "serious violent felony" (see 18 U.S.C. 3559(c)(2)(F)). "Decoration" means any military award.
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Title 10, §1132
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(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:
(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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10 U.S.C. § 1132
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60