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S 1899 112th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Arkansas Crime victims Military personnel and dependents Terrorism Veterans' pensions and compensation

HEAL Act

Introduced: November 17, 2011 Introduced by: Boozman, John Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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Nov 17, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Nov 17, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now November 17, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1899: HEAL Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1899/
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"S. 1899: HEAL Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1899/.
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S. 1899, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1899/.
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