PRINTER'S NO. 2153
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
463
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SCHWEYER, READSHAW, THOMAS, SNYDER, QUIGLEY,
HENNESSEY, DiGIROLAMO, MACKENZIE, HARHART, MURT, DAVIDSON,
BIZZARRO, BARRAR, COHEN, BURNS, FLYNN, SACCONE, ACOSTA,
SONNEY, DUSH, MILLARD, C. PARKER, FARINA, A. HARRIS, DAVIS,
VEREB, LONGIETTI, P. DALEY, FREEMAN, SCHREIBER, GIBBONS,
R. BROWN, O'NEILL, YOUNGBLOOD, HAHN, PAYNE, ROZZI,
SCHLOSSBERG, MAHONEY, KINSEY, MAJOR, MARSICO, PETRI, McNEILL,
GOODMAN, GILLEN, SAINATO, PHILLIPS-HILL, O'BRIEN, DRISCOLL,
WHEELAND, D. COSTA, GINGRICH, FARRY, DEAN, KLUNK, SAYLOR AND
FEE, SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month September 2015 as "Military Suicide
Prevention and Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Current studies confirm a high suicide rate among
recent veterans; and
WHEREAS, It is estimated that nationwide 22 veterans take
their own lives each day; and
WHEREAS, Recent veterans who have served on active duty in
the military since the start of the Global War on Terror and
operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have committed suicide at a
much higher rate than those who never served in the military;
and
WHEREAS, A new analysis published in the February 2015 issue
of the Annals of Epidemiology tracked all 1,282,074 veterans who
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