Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110
§1132 Presentation of Decorations: Prohibition on Entering Correctional Facilities for Presentation to Prisoners Convicted of Serious Violent Felonies
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 57 — DECORATIONS AND AWARDS › § 1132
Summary
Military members may not enter any prison to give a military award to someone convicted of a serious violent felony (defined in 18 U.S.C. 3559(c)(2)(F)). Decoration means a military award.
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Title 10, §1132
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(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)
(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
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110