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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. 2244.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution(Clauses 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18), which grants Congress thepower to raise and support an Army; to provide and maintain aNavy; to make rules for the government and regulation of theland and naval forces; to provide for organizing, arming, anddisciplining the militia; and to make all laws necessary andproper for carrying out the foregoing powers.[Page H3096]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>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. </p>]]></text>
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        <title>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.</title>
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