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

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 2016

   Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2016

   Pub. L. 114–156 § 3 · 130 Stat. 391

   Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 1881a

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

   Source evidence

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

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 3. 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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