HEAL Act

Bill: 113-s-1433
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2013-08-01
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Arkansas

Crime victims

Military personnel and dependents

Terrorism

Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-08-01
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Honoring Ezeagwula and Long Act or the HEAL Act - Requires that Armed Forces members who were killed or wounded in the attack that occurred at a recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 1, 2009, be treated as having been killed or wounded in a combat zone as the result of an act of an enemy of the United States for the purposes of all applicable federal laws, regulations, and policies.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1433 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 1, 2013 Mr. Boozman (for himself and Mr. Pryor ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To require that members of the Armed Forces who were killed or wounded in the attack that occurred at a recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 1, 2009, are treated in the same manner as members who are killed or wounded in a combat zone.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Honoring Ezeagwula and Long Act or the HEAL Act . 2. Equitable treatment of members of the Armed Forces killed or wounded in Little Rock, Arkansas, recruiting station attack For purposes of all applicable Federal laws, regulations, and policies, the members of the Armed Forces who were killed or wounded in the attack that occurred at a recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 1, 2009, shall be deemed to have been killed or wounded in a combat zone as the result of an act of an enemy of the United States.