S1156B1851A09012 MSP:CMD 06/26/18 #90 A09012
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 1156
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE HANNA
Printer's No. 1851
Amend Bill, page 1, line 16, by striking out "and"
Amend Bill, page 1, line 18, by striking out the period after
"Highway" and inserting
; and designating the portion of State Route 192 from the
intersection with State Route 477 in Miles Township, Centre
County, to the intersection with State Route 144 in Centre
Hall Borough, Centre County, as the Central Pennsylvania
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway.
Amend Bill, page 7, by inserting between lines 9 and 10
Section 7. Central Pennsylvania Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Although there was no official declaration of war,
it is widely accepted that the Vietnam War started on
November 1, 1955, and ended on April 30, 1975, lasting 19
years, 180 days.
(2) On August 2, 1964, the North Vietnamese fired on a
United States destroyer anchored in the Gulf of Tonkin,
leading to Congress passing the Gulf of Tonkin resolution,
authorizing a full-scale intervention in the Vietnam War.
(3) On March 8, 1965, the first American combat troops,
the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, landed in Da Nang,
Vietnam.
(4) The last American ground troops left Vietnam on
March 29, 1973, more than two years before the official end
of the war when South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam.
(5) Two hundred forty men were awarded the Medal of
Honor during the Vietnam War.
(6) In all, approximately 2,700,000 American men and
women served in uniform in Vietnam, including over 300,000
Pennsylvanians.
(7) Fifty eight thousand one hundred forty-eight
Americans were killed during the war, including over 3,000
Pennsylvanians.
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(b) Designation.--The portion of State Route 192 from the
intersection with State Route 477 in Miles Township, Centre
County, to the intersection with State Route 144 in Centre Hall
Borough, Centre County, is designated as the Central
Pennsylvania Vietnam Veterans 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.
Amend Bill, page 7, line 10, by striking out "7" and
inserting
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