2 U.S.C. § 1881a. Providing Capitol-flown flags for families of fallen heroes

  1. (a)
    (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).
  2. (b)
    (b)

    No cost to family

    A Capitol-flown flag provided under this section shall be provided at no cost to the family.
  3. (c)
    (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.)