2 U.S.C. § 1881a
Providing Capitol-flown flags for families of fallen heroes
United States · Title 2 — THE CONGRESS · Status: effective
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- 2 U.S.C. § 1881a, Providing Capitol-flown flags for families of fallen heroes, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/423324
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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).
A Capitol-flown flag provided under this section shall be provided at no cost to the family.
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.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2016House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally