PRINTER'S NO. 3559
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2426
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY STAATS, READSHAW, WARREN, DONATUCCI, DUSH, SONNEY,
RYAN, O'NEILL, COX, TOEPEL, CALTAGIRONE, HICKERNELL, PICKETT,
JAMES, MILLARD, LONGIETTI, HILL-EVANS, MURT, BARRAR,
DiGIROLAMO, ENGLISH, MARSICO, HEFFLEY, NEILSON, HAHN, WATSON,
A. HARRIS AND KINSEY, MAY 23, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 23, 2018
AN ACT
Designating a portion of Pennsylvania Route 563 in Bucks County
as the PFC John Rivers Way.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. PFC John Rivers Way.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) PFC John Rivers was born in Riverside, New Jersey,
and attended Quakertown High School, Quakertown, where he
played football.
(2) PFC Rivers served in the 11th Machine Gun Squad, H
Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines in World War II.
(3) On August 21, 1942, PFC Rivers was killed at the
Battle of Tenaru, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
(4) PFC Rivers was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.
(b) Designation.--The section of Pennsylvania Route 563 in
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Bucks County from Pennsylvania Route 313 to Old Bethlehem Road
is designated the PFC John Rivers Way.
(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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