2015 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces (Sections 101 - 18506)
Subtitle A - General Military Law (Sections 101 - 2926)
Part II - Personnel (Sections 501 - 1805)
Chapter 57 - Decorations and Awards (Sections 1121 - 1135)
Sec. 1132 - Presentation of decorations: prohibition on entering correctional facilities for presentation to prisoners convicted of serious violent felonies
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 57 - DECORATIONS AND AWARDS Sec. 1132 - Presentation of decorations: prohibition on entering correctional facilities for presentation to prisoners convicted of serious violent felonies |
Contains | section 1132 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title V, §537(a), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2019. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 112 Stat. 2019 |
Public and Private Law | Public Law 105-261 |
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(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.)
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