THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY SOLOBAY, JUNE 23, 2011

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 23, 2011  

AN ACT

Designating the Claysville Interchange of Exit 6 on Interstate

70 in Washington County as the Sergeant Nathan P. Kennedy

Memorial Interchange.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Declaration of policy.

The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:

(1)    Sergeant Nathan P. Kennedy, 24, from Claysville,

Washington County, died on April 27, 2010, from injuries

sustained when he was tragically shot while on foot patrol

with the United States Army in Afghanistan.

(2)  Having recently reenlisted for another four years,

Sergeant Kennedy was killed just three weeks shy of the date

he was expected to return home from his second tour of duty,

the first having been in Iraq.

(3)  Sergeant Kennedy was a United States Army Ranger,

serving as a sniper assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th

Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

based at Fort Carson, Colorado.

(4)  A 2004 graduate of McGuffey High School, Sergeant

Kennedy was a three-time section wrestling champion.

(5)  Sergeant Kennedy was a loving son, brother,

grandson, nephew and friend who served his country with

devotion and pride.

(6)  Sergeant Kennedy, beloved son of Joseph Kennedy and

the late Penelope Henry Kennedy, courageously sacrificed his

life to protect his country.

Section 2.  Sergeant Nathan P. Kennedy Memorial Interchange.

(a)  Designation.--The interchange of Exit 6 on Interstate 70

in Claysville, Washington County, in both directions, is

designated as the Sergeant Nathan P. Kennedy Memorial

Interchange.

(b)  Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall, in

appropriate locations, erect and maintain appropriate signs

displaying the name designated under subsection (a).

Section 3.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.