---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 51905"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "51905"
heading: "Flags and grave markers"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/51905"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Merchant Marine"
  - "Part B — Merchant Marine Service"
  - "Chapter 519 — Merchant Marine Awards"
---

# §51905. Flags and grave markers


Except as authorized under another law, the [Secretary](/usc/46/53101.md?p=8) of Transportation may issue, at no cost, a flag of the [United States](/usc/46/53101.md?p=10) and a grave marker to the family or personal representative of a deceased individual who served in the merchant marine of the [United States](/usc/46/53101.md?p=10) in support of the armed forces of the [United States](/usc/46/53101.md?p=10) or its allies during a war or national emergency.


## Source credit

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

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 51905 | 46 App.:2005. | Pub. L. 100–324, § 6, May 30, 1988, 102 Stat. 577. |