,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aejj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ab1
 #bjac ,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself1 ,ms4  
,collins1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mr4 ,moran1 and  
,ms4 ,ayotte7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services   
,a ,,bill  ,to declare the ,november #e1
 #bjji1 attack at ,fort ,hood1 ,texas1 a
 terrorist attack1 and to ensure that   
the victims of the attack and their     
families receive the same honors and    
benefits as those ,americans who have   
been killed or wounded in a combat zone 
overseas and their families4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,honoring the ,fort ,hood ,heroes ,act4 
#b4 ,declarations of policy ,congress   
makes the following declarations of     
policy3  7#a7 ,the ,november #e1 #bjji1 
attack at ,fort ,hood1 ,texas           
constituted an act of terrorism1 not    
merely workplace violence4  7#b7 ,the   
,united ,states ,government has a       

fundamental duty to our military service
 members to safeguard them against      
avoidable harm in the course of their   
service1 and the attack on ,fort ,hood  
could and should have been prevented4   
7#c7 ,nidal ,hasan1 the perpetrator of  
the attack1 had become radicalized while
 serving in the ,united ,states ,army   
and was principally motivated to carry  
out the attack by an ideology of violent
 ,islamist extremism4  7#d7 ,through his
 actions that day1 ,nidal ,hasan proved 
himself to be not just a terrorist1 but 
also a traitor and an enemy of the      
,united ,states4  #c4 ,awards required  
7a7 ,purple ,heart ,the ,secretary of   
the military department concerned shall 
award the ,purple ,heart to the members 
of the ,armed ,forces who were killed or
 wounded in the attack that occurred at 
,fort ,hood1 ,texas1 on ,november #e1   
#bjji4  7b7 ,secretary of ,defense      
,medal for the ,defense of ,freedom ,the
 ,secretary of ,defense shall award the 
,secretary of ,defense ,medal for the   

,defense of ,freedom to civilian        
employees of the ,department of ,defense
 and civilian contractors who were      
killed or wounded in the attack that    
occurred at ,fort ,hood1 ,texas1 on     
,november #e1 #bjji4  #d4 ,benefits for 
members of the ,armed ,forces and       
civilian employees of the ,department of
 ,defense who were killed or wounded in 
the ,november #e1 #bjji1 attack at ,fort
 ,hood1 ,texas  7a7 ,treatment ,for     
purposes of all applicable ,federal     
laws1 regulations1 and policies1 a      
member of the ,armed ,forces or civilian
 employee of the ,department of ,defense
 who was killed or wounded in the attack
 that occurred at ,fort ,hood1 ,texas1  
on ,november #e1 #bjji1 shall be deemed1
 effective as of such date1 as follows3 
7#a7 ,in the case of a member1 to have  
been killed or wounded in a combat zone 
as the result of an act of an enemy of  
the ,united ,states4  7#b7 ,in the case 
of a civilian employee of the           
,department of ,defense--  7,a7 to have 

been killed or wounded by hostile action
 while serving with the ,armed ,forces  
in a contingency operation2 and  7,b7 to
 have been killed or wounded in a       
terrorist attack4  7b7 ,exception       
,subsection 7a7 shall not apply to a    
member of the ,armed ,forces whose death
 or wound as described in that          
subsection is the result of the willful 
misconduct of the member4  7c7 ,coverage
 of psychological injuries ,subsection  
7a7 applies to members of the ,armed    
,forces and civilian employees of the   
,department of ,defense suffering from  
,post-,traumatic ,stress ,disorder      
7,,ptsd7 or other psychological injuries
 as a result of the attack that occurred
 at ,fort ,hood1 ,texas1 on ,november   
#e1 #bjji4