---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 51904"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "51904"
heading: "Presentation to representatives"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/51904"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Merchant Marine"
  - "Part B — Merchant Marine Service"
  - "Chapter 519 — Merchant Marine Awards"
---

# §51904. Presentation to representatives


If an individual to be issued an award under this chapter is unable to accept the award personally, the Secretary of Transportation may present the award to an appropriate representative.


## 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) |
| 51904 | 46 App.:2004(b). | Pub. L. 100–324, § 5(b), May 30, 1988, 102 Stat. 577. |