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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas:H.R. 2683.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority of Congress to enact thislegislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the UnitedStates Constitution (Clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18), whichgrants Congress the power to raise and support an Army; toprovide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for the governmentand regulation of the land and naval forces; to provide fororganizing, arming, and disciplining the militia; and to makeall laws necessary and proper for carrying out the foregoingpowers.[Page H5733]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <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>]]></text>
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