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type: "LegalText"
title: "2 U.S.C. § 1881"
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title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
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chapter_name: "ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL"
section: "1881"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 1881"
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release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 2 U.S.C. § 1881 - Definitions

## Text

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.

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