46 USC § 51905 - Flags and grave markers

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identifier: "/us/usc/t46/s51905"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "46 USC § 51905 - Flags and grave markers"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "51905"
section_name: "Flags and grave markers"
chapter_number: 519
chapter_name: "MERCHANT MARINE AWARDS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Merchant Marine Service"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1585.)"
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# § 51905. Flags and grave markers

Except as authorized under another law, the Secretary of Transportation may issue, at no cost, a flag of the United States and a grave marker to the family or personal representative of a deceased individual who served in the merchant marine of the United States in support of the armed forces of the United States or its allies during a war or national emergency.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1585.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 51905 | 46 App.:2005. | Pub. L. 100–324, § 6, May 30, 1988, 102 Stat. 577. |