[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2050 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2050

To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit members of the Armed 
     Forces from entering into correctional facilities to present 
decorations to persons who commit certain crimes before being presented 
                           such decorations.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 7, 1998

Mrs. Feinstein introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit members of the Armed 
     Forces from entering into correctional facilities to present 
decorations to persons who commit certain crimes before being presented 
                           such decorations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON ENTRY INTO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES FOR 
              PRESENTATION OF DECORATIONS TO PERSONS WHO COMMIT CERTAIN 
              CRIMES BEFORE PRESENTATION.

    (a) Prohibition.--Chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1132. Presentation of decorations: prohibition on entering into 
              correctional facilities for certain presentations
    ``(a) Prohibition.--No member of the armed forces may enter into a 
Federal, State, or local correctional facility for purposes of 
presenting a decoration to a person who has been convicted 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 3359(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:

``1132. Presentation of decorations: prohibition on entering into 
                            correctional facilities for certain 
                            presentations.''.
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