{"data":{"id":"us/46-u.s.c.-51905","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 U.S.C. § 51905","heading":"Flags and grave markers","body":"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.","path":["Title 46—SHIPPING","CHAPTER 519—MERCHANT MARINE AWARDS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc46@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:50Z","sha256":"469d92f4abc77e9d3a4dcd1832164690e46d4cca994e51564f79c9185eb58a91","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/46-u.s.c.-51904","next":"us/46-u.s.c.-51906"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}