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Code · U.S. Code · Title 46 - SHIPPING · CHAPTER 519— MERCHANT MARINE AWARDS · § 51905

§ 51905. Flags and grave markers

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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. 109–304, § 8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1585.)
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