PRINTER'S NO. 2147
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
457
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY KINSEY, DONATUCCI, DEAN, GODSHALL, J. HARRIS,
HENNESSEY, KILLION, R. BROWN, KIRKLAND, COHEN, MILLARD,
SCHLEGEL CULVER, MURT, GIBBONS, YOUNGBLOOD, SONNEY, DUSH,
P. DALEY, C. PARKER, LONGIETTI, MACKENZIE, READSHAW, ROZZI,
FREEMAN, VEREB, SCHREIBER, MAHONEY, PASHINSKI, THOMAS, MAJOR,
PETRI, FARRY, GOODMAN, DiGIROLAMO, McNEILL, ELLIS, TALLMAN,
BIZZARRO, DRISCOLL, BOBACK, WHEELAND, BULLOCK, D. COSTA,
GINGRICH AND WATSON, SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of September 2015 as "Emergency
Preparedness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Each year, disaster strikes communities across the
world, causing individuals to flee their homes, often with very
little advance warning; and
WHEREAS, Each year, thousands of Americans, many of whom are
elderly and infirm, are displaced by disasters; and
WHEREAS, Each year, the President of the United States
proclaims September as "National Emergency Preparedness Month"
to stress the importance of strengthening the security and
resiliency of the nation through systematic preparation for the
full range of hazards threatening the United States in the 21st
century, including natural disasters, cyber attacks, pandemic
disease and acts of terrorism; and
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