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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2016 · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. PROVIDING CAPITOL-FLOWN FLAGS FOR FAMILIES OF FALLEN HEROES

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## SEC. 3 PROVIDING CAPITOL-FLOWN FLAGS FOR FAMILIES OF FALLEN HEROES **[**[2 U.S.C. 1881a](/us/usc/t2/s1881a)**]** ###
(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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