PRINTER'S NO. 303
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
303
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY TOPPER, BAKER, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, D. COSTA, COX,
DiGIROLAMO, DOWLING, ENGLISH, FREEMAN, GABLER, HAHN,
A. HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, IRVIN, JAMES, KAUFFMAN,
KINSEY, KNOWLES, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MARSHALL, METZGAR,
MILLARD, MURT, O'NEILL, PICKETT, READSHAW, RYAN, SAINATO,
SANKEY, SOLOMON, TOEPEL, WARD AND NEILSON, FEBRUARY 3, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 3, 2017
AN ACT
Designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 1005, known
as Church View Road, Segment 0180, Offset 0000, over Beaver
Creek, South Woodbury Township, Bedford County, as the
PFC/POW William G. Koontz Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. PFC/POW William G. Koontz Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) PFC William G. Koontz of New Enterprise, was drafted
into the United States Army during the Korean War.
(2) PFC Koontz arrived in South Korea on March 25, 1951,
and along with other new arrivals was given only five days of
basic combat training before being sent to the front lines.
(3) Less than a month later on April 22, 1951, the
Soviet-backed Chinese Red Army launched a massive assault
against the United Nations and American forces. PFC Koontz
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