PRINTER'S NO.  561

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

584

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY DALEY, AUMENT, BARRAR, BENNINGHOFF, BISHOP, BOYD, BRADFORD, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, CUTLER, DiGIROLAMO, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FLECK, GABLER, GEORGE, GOODMAN, GROVE, HARHART, HENNESSEY, KNOWLES, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, MAJOR, MANN, MARSICO, MATZIE, METZGAR, MILLARD, MIRABITO, MURT, MUSTIO, MYERS, NEUMAN, PAYNE, PYLE, READSHAW, REICHLEY, STEVENSON, WATSON, WHITE AND GILLEN, FEBRUARY 9, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 9, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Designating the Claysville Interchange of Exit 6 on Interstate

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70 in Washington County as the Sergeant Nathan P. Kennedy

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Memorial Interchange.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Declaration of policy.

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The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:

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(1)    Sergeant Nathan P. Kennedy, 24, from Claysville,

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Washington County, died on April 27, 2010, from injuries

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sustained when he was tragically shot while on foot patrol

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with the United States Army in Afghanistan.

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(2)  Having recently reenlisted for another four years,

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Sergeant Kennedy was killed just three weeks shy of the date

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he was expected to return home from his second tour of duty,

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the first having been in Iraq.

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(3)  Sergeant Kennedy was a United States Army Ranger,

 


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serving as a sniper assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th

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Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

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based at Fort Carson, Colorado.

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(4)  A 2004 graduate of McGuffey High School, Sergeant

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Kennedy was a three-time section wrestling champion.

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(5)  Sergeant Kennedy was a loving son, brother,

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grandson, nephew and friend who served his country with

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devotion and pride.

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(6)  Sergeant Kennedy, beloved son of Joseph Kennedy and

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the late Penelope Henry Kennedy, courageously sacrificed his

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life to protect his country.

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Section 2.  Sergeant Nathan P. Kennedy Memorial Interchange.

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(a)  Designation.--The interchange of Exit 6 on Interstate 70

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in Claysville, Washington County, in both directions, is

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designated as the Sergeant Nathan P. Kennedy Memorial

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Interchange.

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(b)  Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall, in

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appropriate locations, erect and maintain appropriate signs

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displaying the name designated under subsection (a).

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Section 3.  Effective date.

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This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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