PRINTER'S NO. 143
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
181
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY DAY, TOOHIL, BAKER, COX, WARD, MACKENZIE, RYAN,
HAHN, KAUFFMAN, TALLMAN, PICKETT, SAYLOR, SONNEY, DUSH,
DiGIROLAMO, MILLARD, JAMES, CALTAGIRONE, SAMUELSON, MURT,
IRVIN, LONGIETTI, READSHAW, HENNESSEY, McNEILL, GABLER,
KNOWLES, NEILSON, PEIFER AND WHEELAND, JANUARY 23, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 23, 2017
AN ACT
Designating a portion of State Route 100 from the intersection
of Main Street and Tilghman Street in Upper Macungie
Township, Lehigh County, to the intersection of Claussville
Road and Kernsville Road in Lowhill Township, Lehigh County,
as the Captain Mark T. Resh Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Captain Mark T. Resh Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.-- The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Captain Mark T. Resh, of Killen, Texas, was a native
of Fogelsville, Lehigh County, and a 1996 graduate of
Northwestern Lehigh High School, where he was a member of the
National Honor Society, math club and student council and was
captain of the varsity soccer team in his senior year.
(2) In 2001, Captain Resh graduated from the University
of Pittsburgh with a degree in engineering.
(3) Captain Resh served as an Apache helicopter pilot
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with the United States Army, 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation
Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division in
support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
(4) On January 28, 2007, near An Najaf, Iraq, Captain
Resh placed the helicopter he was piloting in the direct line
of enemy fire so that another air crew that was under attack
could maneuver out of danger. Over the next 15 minutes, he
bravely flew in the face of intense enemy fire to support the
coalition ground forces until his aircraft was struck by
enemy fire and crashed, killing Captain Resh.
(5) Captain Resh was awarded the Purple Heart and the
Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in
action.
(b) Designation.--The section of State Route 100 from the
intersection of Main Street and Tilghman Street in Upper
Macungie Township, Lehigh County, to the intersection of
Claussville Road and Kernsville Road in Lowhill Township, Lehigh
County, is hereby designated as the Captain Mark T. Resh
Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
traffic in both directions on the highway.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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