PRINTER'S NO. 1181
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1017
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY KAUFFMAN, MILLARD, FREEMAN, BAKER, READSHAW,
O'NEILL, COX, BIZZARRO, ROTHMAN, HENNESSEY, LONGIETTI, DAVIS,
SANKEY, TOEPEL, OBERLANDER, A. HARRIS, WARD, MURT, HAHN,
GROVE, MILNE, D. COSTA, RYAN, WHEELAND, MASSER, CALTAGIRONE,
DiGIROLAMO AND GILLEN, MARCH 30, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 30, 2017
AN ACT
Designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 533 over
Muddy Run, Southampton Township, Franklin County, as the
Private First Class Dana Edward Diehl Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Private First Class Dana Edward Diehl Memorial
Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Private First Class Dana Edward Diehl, a native of
Shippensburg, lived most of his life a few miles from the
bridge over Muddy Run. He crossed over the bridge on Sunday
mornings traveling to church, spent many hours fishing with
his father along Muddy Run and cooled off in the stream with
his family during hot summer days.
(2) Private First Class Diehl graduated from
Shippensburg Area Senior High School in 1967. During high
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school, he was a member of the wrestling team and active in
Boy Scout Troop No. 251.
(3) Private First Class Diehl honorably served his
country as a medical specialist with the 25th Infantry
Division, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry, Headquarters Troop.
(4) On December 10, 1968, in Hau Nghia Province, South
Vietnam, Private First Class Diehl was killed when the
vehicle in which he was riding was struck by an explosive
device.
(b) Designation.--The bridge located on State Route 533 over
Muddy Run in Southampton Township, Franklin County, is
designated as the Private First Class Dana Edward Diehl Memorial
Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
traffic in both directions on the bridge.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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