PRINTER'S NO. 2738
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1792
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY GROVE, BAKER, DUSH, SONNEY, READSHAW, REGAN,
CORBIN, M. K. KELLER, PICKETT, SCHLEGEL CULVER, MUSTIO,
KOTIK, ENGLISH, ADOLPH, BENNINGHOFF, MILLARD, COHEN, O'NEILL,
BOBACK, DAVIS, HAHN, MURT, SACCONE, LONGIETTI, PHILLIPS-HILL,
METZGAR, CUTLER, HEFFLEY, NEILSON, CALTAGIRONE, V. BROWN,
KINSEY, DRISCOLL, McGINNIS, DiGIROLAMO, MACKENZIE, THOMAS,
KNOWLES, R. BROWN, TOEPEL, ORTITAY, GIBBONS, A. HARRIS, COX,
FARINA, KAUFFMAN, WARD, YOUNGBLOOD, GERGELY, MARSICO,
HARHART, MARSHALL, JOZWIAK, EVERETT, SANTORA, DONATUCCI,
CONKLIN, MENTZER, SAINATO, GOODMAN, OBERLANDER, SCHREIBER,
MASSER, SAYLOR, PAYNE, WATSON AND MILNE, JANUARY 21, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, JANUARY 21, 2016
AN ACT
Designating March 29 of each year as "Welcome Home Vietnam
Veterans Day."
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Welcome Home
Vietnam Veterans Day Act.
Section 2. Legislative findings and declarations.
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) The Vietnam Conflict was fought from 1961 to 1975.
(2) The United States became involved in the Vietnam
Conflict because policymakers in the United States believed
that if South Vietnam fell to a Communist government,
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