10 U.S.C. § 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 .

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