THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY ROCK, KAUFFMAN, BAKER, BARRAR, BEAR, BELFANTI, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BISHOP, BOBACK, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, CLYMER, COHEN, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DALEY, DENLINGER, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, GRUCELA, HARHART, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HOUGHTON, M. KELLER, W. KELLER, KESSLER, KIRKLAND, KNOWLES, KORTZ, KRIEGER, LONGIETTI, MANN, MARSICO, MATZIE, MELIO, METZGAR, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MOUL, MURT, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PEIFER, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROSS, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TRUE, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 14, 2010

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 14, 2010  

AN ACT

Designating State Route 997 within the limits of the Borough of

Mont Alto as the Sgt. Edward W. Shaffer Memorial Highway.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Sgt. Edward W. Shaffer Memorial Highway.

(a)  Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as

follows:

(1)  Sgt. Edward W. Shaffer from Franklin County died

December 27, 2006, at 23 years of age, from severe burn

injuries sustained during combat by a roadside bomb on

November 13, 2006, while serving in Iraq. He was assigned to

the 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat

Team, 1st Armored Division during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He

was the first soldier from Franklin County to die in the war.

(2)  Sgt. Shaffer was a 2002 graduate of Waynesboro Area

Senior High School. He enlisted in the Army in 2003, served

in Germany and Kuwait before going to Iraq and served in Iraq

for approximately eight months before the explosion.

(3)  Sgt. Shaffer was a gunner in a Bradley tank during

operations in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar, about 70 miles

west of Baghdad when the roadside bomb exploded.

(4)  Sgt. Shaffer was awarded two Purple Heart medals

during his service with the United States Army.

(b)  Designation.--State Route 997 within the limits of the

Borough of Mont Alto is hereby designated as the Sgt. Edward W.

Shaffer Memorial Highway.

(c)  Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and

maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway

designated under subsection (b) to traffic in both directions.

Section 2.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.