FORT HOOD, TX

Bills and resolutions

Copperas Cove, TX: authorize land exchange with Fort Hood, TX, to support efforts to improve arterial transportation routes and promote economic development (see H.R. 2727), H4136 [10JN]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: award Purple Heart to members killed or wounded in terrorist attacks perpetrated within the U.S. and clarify eligibility of such members for combat-related special compensation, H2322 [21AP]

——— proposed troop reduction, H5034 [10JY], H5287 [16JY]

Cooke, Matthew: Purple Heart recipient, E582 [23AP]

Dept. of Defense: require victims of attack at Fort Hood, TX, and their families be accorded the same treatment, benefits, and honors accorded to September, 11, 2001, terrorist attack victims and families, H8145 [5NO]

Remarks in Senate

Terrorism: history of radical Islamic terrorist actions against the U.S. and the West, S8126–S8130 [19NO]

——— prevent Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) and other terrorist groups from attacking or inspiring homegrown attacks within the U.S., S2822 [13MY]