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type: "LegalText"
title: "2 U.S.C. § 1881a"
description: "Providing Capitol-flown flags for families of fallen heroes"
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title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
chapter_number: "28"
chapter_name: "ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL"
section: "1881a"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 1881a"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 2 U.S.C. § 1881a - Providing Capitol-flown flags for families of fallen heroes

## Text

(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.

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