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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BLOOM, AUMENT, BAKER, BARRAR, BENNINGHOFF, BROOKS, CAUSER, CLYMER, COX, EVERETT, FLECK, FREEMAN, GABLER, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GRELL, GROVE, HARHART, HELM, HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, KAUFFMAN, KILLION, KORTZ, MAJOR, MARSHALL, MARSICO, METZGAR, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MIRABITO, MOUL, MURT, MUSTIO, PERRY, PICKETT, PYLE, RAPP, READSHAW, ROAE, ROCK, SAINATO, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, STABACK, STEVENSON, TALLMAN, TOEPEL, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 11, 2012 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 11, 2012 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Designating State Route 233 from the western corporate limits of |
2 | Newville Borough to State Route 11 in Cumberland County as |
3 | the Marine Lance Corporal Nicholas B. Morrison Memorial |
4 | Highway. |
5 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
6 | hereby enacts as follows: |
7 | Section 1. Marine Lance Corporal Nicholas B. Morrison Memorial |
8 | Highway. |
9 | (a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and |
10 | declares as follows: |
11 | (1) Nicholas B. Morrison, was born June 23, 1981, in |
12 | Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of Big Spring High |
13 | School, Newville, Class of 2000. Upon graduation, he entered |
14 | the United States Marine Corps in 2003, after the events of |
15 | 9/11, where he served for two years. |
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1 | (2) Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas B. Morrison was assigned |
2 | to the Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, |
3 | 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp |
4 | Lejeune, North Carolina. On August 13, 2004, at 23 years of |
5 | age, Lance Corporal Morrison was killed while on patrol with |
6 | the Combined Anti-Armor Team Blue as a tow gunner in the Al |
7 | Anbar Province of Iraq when an IED struck his Humvee. |
8 | (3) Marine Lance Cpl. Morrison was awarded the Purple |
9 | Heart for his wounds sustained in combat against an enemy of |
10 | the United States. He was also awarded the Navy & Marine |
11 | Corps Commendation Medal with the Combat V for his sustained |
12 | and valorous actions in combat. He received the National |
13 | Defense Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary |
14 | Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Medal, the Combat Action |
15 | Ribbon and the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon. |
16 | (4) Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas Morrison, beloved son of |
17 | Joey L. and Peggy J. Morrison, Sr., of Newville, PA, was |
18 | courageously serving his country at the time of his death and |
19 | his excellence as a soldier has been extolled by many. |
20 | (b) Designation.--State Route 233, from the western |
21 | corporate limits of Newville Borough to State Route 11 in |
22 | Cumberland County is hereby designated as the Marine Lance |
23 | Corporal Nicholas B. Morrison Memorial Highway. |
24 | (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and |
25 | maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under |
26 | subsection (b). |
27 | Section 2. Effective date. |
28 | This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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