PRINTER'S NO. 3526
No. 633 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY WEBER, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BALDWIN, BARRAR,
BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BELFANTI, BOYD, BROWNE, BUNT, CAPPELLI,
CAUSER, CORRIGAN, COY, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DALEY,
DeLUCA, DERMODY, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, FABRIZIO,
FAIRCHILD, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FORCIER, FRANKEL, GABIG, GEIST,
GEORGE, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOOD, GOODMAN,
GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARRIS, HASAY, HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HERSHEY,
HESS, HICKERNELL, HORSEY, KENNEY, KILLION, KIRKLAND,
LAUGHLIN, LEACH, LEDERER, LEH, LESCOVITZ, LEWIS, MAJOR,
MANDERINO, MANN, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McCALL, McGILL,
McILHATTAN, MUSTIO, NAILOR, O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PAYNE,
PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PISTELLA, READSHAW, REED, REICHLEY,
RIEGER, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER,
SHANER, B. SMITH, S. H. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STERN, SURRA,
E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRUE, TURZAI, WALKO, WATERS,
WATSON, WILT, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, TANGRETTI, FLICK,
JAMES, S. MILLER, DENLINGER AND RAYMOND, MARCH 23, 2004
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 23, 2004
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the week of May 9 through 15, 2004, as "National
2 Police Week" and May 15, 2004, as "National Police Officers'
3 Memorial Day."
4 WHEREAS, Approximately 600 police officers have made the
5 ultimate sacrifice since the beginning of law enforcement within
6 this Commonwealth by being killed in the line of duty; and
7 WHEREAS, National Police Officers' Memorial Day is held on
8 May 15 of each year; and
9 WHEREAS, Across the United States the week of May 9 through
10 15, 2004, is recognized as "National Police Week"; and
1 WHEREAS, The first National Police Officers' Memorial Day was
2 held on May 15, 1962, following a proclamation signed by
3 President John F. Kennedy, and has continued to be observed
4 annually in memory of those police officers who made the
5 ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty; therefore be it
6 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the memory
7 of the hundreds of police officers who gave their lives in the
8 line of duty in this Commonwealth; and be it further
9 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
10 week of May 9 through 15, 2004, as "National Police Week" and
11 May 15, 2004, as "National Police Officers' Memorial Day."
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