2 USC § 1881 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t2/s1881"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "2 USC § 1881 - Definitions"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "1881"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 28
chapter_name: "ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "CAPITOL-FLOWN FLAGS FOR FAMILIES OF FALLEN HEROES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 114–156, § 2, May 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 391.)"
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# § 1881. Definitions

In this subchapter—

**(1)** the term “Capitol-flown flag” means a flag of the United States flown over the Capitol in honor of the deceased individual for whom the flag is requested;

**(2)** the terms “chaplain”, “firefighter”, “law enforcement officer”, “member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew”, and “public agency” have the meanings given such terms in section 10284 of title 34;

**(3)** the term “immediate family member”, with respect to an individual, means—

**(A)** the spouse, parent, brother, sister, or child of the individual or a person to whom the individual stands in loco parentis; or

**(B)** any other person related to the individual by blood or marriage;

**(4)** the term “public safety officer” means an individual serving a public agency in an official capacity, with or without compensation, as a law enforcement officer, as a firefighter, or as a chaplain; and

**(5)** the term “Representative” includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 114–156, § 2, May 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 391.)