2 USC 1881a: Providing Capitol-flown flags for families of fallen heroes
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2 USC 1881a: Providing Capitol-flown flags for families of fallen heroes Text contains those laws in effect on November 16, 2024
From Title 2-THE CONGRESSCHAPTER 28-ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOLSUBCHAPTER V-CAPITOL-FLOWN FLAGS FOR FAMILIES OF FALLEN HEROES
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§1881a. Providing Capitol-flown flags for families of fallen heroes

(a) In general

At the request of an immediate family member of a firefighter, law enforcement officer, member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew, or public safety officer who died in the line of duty, the Representative or Senator of the family may provide to the family a Capitol-flown flag, together with the certificate described in subsection (c).

(b) No cost to family

A Capitol-flown flag provided under this section shall be provided at no cost to the family.

(c) Certificate

The certificate described in this subsection is a certificate which is signed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Representative, or the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Senator, providing the Capitol-flown flag, as applicable, and which contains an expression of sympathy for the family involved from the House of Representatives or the Senate, as applicable.

( Pub. L. 114–156, §3, May 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 391 .)