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title: "46 U.S.C. § 51905"
description: "Flags and grave markers"
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title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
chapter_number: "519"
chapter_name: "MERCHANT MARINE AWARDS"
section: "51905"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 51905"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 51905 - Flags and grave markers
## Text
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.
(Pub. L. 109304, § 8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1585.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5190546 App.:2005.Pub. L. 100324, § 6, May 30, 1988, 102 Stat. 577.