Section 1132 · Presentation of decorations: prohibition on entering correctional facilities for presentation to prisoners convicted of serious violent felonies

Amended 1 time on record

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 470 F. Supp. 2d 605 - Board of Trustees of the Plumbers & Pipefitters National Pension Fund v. Saxon (2007)

Most recently applied in 470 F. Supp. 2d 605 - Board of Trustees of the Plumbers & Pipefitters National Pension Fund v. Saxon (January 2007)

(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.