PRINTER'S NO. 1763
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1402
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY KAUFFMAN, COX, READSHAW, HENNESSEY, GREINER,
CALTAGIRONE, DONATUCCI, LONGIETTI, HICKERNELL, BAKER, RYAN,
ROZZI, SAINATO, O'NEILL, BARRAR, PICKETT, HAHN, MILLARD,
TOEPEL, KINSEY, RAPP, MURT, WARD, MARSICO, DiGIROLAMO, GROVE,
A. HARRIS, SCHWEYER, OBERLANDER, D. COSTA, DEASY, PETRI AND
WHEELAND, MAY 18, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 18, 2017
AN ACT
Designating a portion of State Route 1001 in Greene Township,
Franklin County, as the Lance Corporal Michael L. Freeman,
Jr., Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Lance Corporal Michael L. Freeman, Jr., Memorial
Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Lance Corporal Michael L. Freeman, Jr., of
Fayetteville, died while supporting combat operations in
Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on February 1, 2010, paying
the supreme sacrifice for his nation in Operation Enduring
Freedom.
(2) A 2008 graduate of Chambersburg Area High School,
Lance Corporal Freeman had served in the Marine Corps since
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August 2008.
(3) Lance Corporal Freeman, a machine gunner assigned to
2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, had been on his first
deployment in Afghanistan since October 2009.
(4) Lance Corporal Freeman was awarded the Purple Heart,
Combat Action Ribbon and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal.
(b) Designation.--The section of State Route 1001 from
Memorial Road to Mt. Pleasant Road in Greene Township, Franklin
County, is designated the Lance Corporal Michael L. Freeman,
Jr., Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
traffic in both directions on the highway.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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