PROHIBITION ON MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES ENTERING CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES TO PRESENT DECORATIONS TO PERSONS WHO HAVE COMMITTED SERIOUS VIOLENT FELONIES.

SEC. 537. PROHIBITION ON MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES ENTERING CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES TO PRESENT DECORATIONS TO PERSONS WHO HAVE COMMITTED SERIOUS VIOLENT FELONIES. (a) Prohibition.— Chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§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.”. (b) Clerical Amendment.— The table of sections at the beginning of that chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: “1132. Presentation of decorations: prohibition on entering correctional facilities for presentation to prisoners convicted of serious violent felonies.”.