[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1019 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1019

 To ensure that members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of 
the Department of Defense who were killed or wounded in certain attacks 
 in 2009 and 2011 directed at members or employees outside of a combat 
 zone are treated in the same manner as members and employees who are 
                   killed or wounded in combat zones.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2011

Mr. Rooney (for himself and Mr. Hunter) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition 
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To ensure that members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of 
the Department of Defense who were killed or wounded in certain attacks 
 in 2009 and 2011 directed at members or employees outside of a combat 
 zone are treated in the same manner as members and employees who are 
                   killed or wounded in combat zones.

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

SECTION 1. EQUITABLE TREATMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND 
              CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE KILLED OR 
              WOUNDED IN CERTAIN ATTACKS DIRECTED AT MEMBERS OR 
              EMPLOYEES OUTSIDE OF A COMBAT ZONE.

    (a) Treatment of Members and Civilians Killed or Wounded in Certain 
2009 Attacks.--For purposes of all applicable Federal laws, 
regulations, and policies, a member of the Armed Forces or civilian 
employee of the Department of Defense who was killed or wounded in an 
attack specified in subsection (b) shall be deemed as follows:
            (1) In the case of a member, to have been killed or wounded 
        in a combat zone as the result of an act of an enemy of the 
        United States.
            (2) In the case of a civilian employee of the Department of 
        Defense, to have been killed or wounded as the result of an act 
        of an enemy of the United States while serving with the Armed 
        Forces in a contingency operation.
    (b) Covered Attacks.--Subsection (a) applies to the following:
            (1) The attack that occurred at Fort Hood, Texas, on 
        November 5, 2009.
            (2) The attack that occurred at a recruiting station in 
        Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 1, 2009.
            (3) The attack that occurred at the Frankfurt Airport, 
        Germany, on March 2, 2011.
    (c) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a member of the 
Armed Forces or a civilian employee of the Department of Defense whose 
death or wound was the result of the misconduct of the member or 
employee, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.
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