HEAL Act

Honoring Ezeagwula and Long Act or the HEAL Act - Designates the attack that occurred at a recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 1, 2009, in which Private William Long of the U.S. Army was killed and Private Quinton Ezeagwula was wounded, as an international terrorist attack carried out by an enemy of the United States. Entitles Long and Ezeagwula to be awarded the Purple Heart.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2244 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2244

To designate the attack that occurred at a recruiting station in Little 
 Rock, Arkansas, on June 1, 2009, in which Private William Long of the 
  United States Army was killed and Private Quinton Ezeagwula of the 
 United States Army was wounded, as an international terrorist attack 
     for which the two soldiers are to be awarded the Purple Heart.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2013

Mr. Griffin of Arkansas (for himself, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. 
   Womack) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To designate the attack that occurred at a recruiting station in Little 
 Rock, Arkansas, on June 1, 2009, in which Private William Long of the 
  United States Army was killed and Private Quinton Ezeagwula of the 
 United States Army was wounded, as an international terrorist attack 
     for which the two soldiers are to be awarded the Purple Heart.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Honoring Ezeagwula and Long Act'' or 
the ``HEAL Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF LITTLE ROCK RECRUITING STATION ATTACK AS AN 
              INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ATTACK FOR PURPOSES OF AWARDING 
              THE PURPLE HEART.

    The attack that occurred at a recruiting station in Little Rock, 
Arkansas, on June 1, 2009, in which Private William Long of the United 
States Army was killed and Private Quinton Ezeagwula of the United 
States Army was wounded, was an international terrorist attack carried 
out by an enemy of the United States, and pursuant to Army Regulations 
regarding the award of the Purple Heart (AR 600-8-22, chapter 2, 
section II, 2-8b), Privates Long and Ezeagwula are entitled to be 
awarded the Purple Heart.
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