2 USC § 1881a - Providing Capitol-flown flags for families of fallen heroes

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identifier: "/us/usc/t2/s1881a"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "2 USC § 1881a - Providing Capitol-flown flags for families of fallen heroes"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "1881a"
section_name: "Providing Capitol-flown flags for families of fallen heroes"
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, § 3, May 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 391.)"
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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.

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