---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 1881"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "1881"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/1881"
units:
  - "Chapter 28 — Architect of the Capitol"
  - "Subchapter V — Capitol-Flown Flags for Families of Fallen Heroes"
---

# §1881. Definitions


In this subchapter—

- (1) the term “Capitol-flown flag” means a flag of the United States flown over the Capitol in honor of the deceased individual for whom the flag is requested;
- (2) the terms “chaplain”, “firefighter”, “law enforcement officer”, “member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew”, and “public agency” have the meanings given such terms in [section 10284 of title 34](/usc/34/10284.md);
- (3) the term “immediate family member”, with respect to an individual, means—
  - (A) the spouse, parent, brother, sister, or child of the individual or a person to whom the individual stands in loco parentis; or
  - (B) any other person related to the individual by blood or marriage;
- (4) the term “public safety officer” means an individual serving a [public agency](#2) in an official capacity, with or without compensation, as a [law enforcement officer](#2), as a [firefighter](#2), or as a [chaplain](#2); and
- (5) the term “Representative” includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 114–156, § 2, May 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 391.)