HB 1847 — An Act designating the bridge, identified as Bridge Key 11527, carrying Pennsylvania Route 729 over Gazzam Run in Jordan Township, Clearfield County, as the PFC Raymond Lee McGarvey Memorial Bridge.
Congress · introduced 2025-09-09
Latest action: — Referred to TRANSPORTATION, Sept. 9, 2025
Sponsors
- Dallas Kephart (R, PA-73) — sponsor · 2025-09-09
- Jim Haddock (D, PA-118) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
- Brian Smith (R, PA-66) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
- Bud Cook (R, PA-50) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
- Craig T. Staats (R, PA-145) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
- Tim Brennan (D, PA-29) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
- R. Lee James (R, PA-64) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
- Aaron Bernstine (R, PA-8) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
- Kathy L. Rapp (R, PA-65) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
- Nancy Guenst (D, PA-152) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
- Martin T. Causer (R, PA-67) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
- David H. Rowe (R, PA-85) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
- Steve Samuelson (D, PA-135) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
- Marc S. Anderson (R, PA-92) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
- Mark M. Gillen (R, PA-128) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
- Mike Armanini (R, PA-75) — cosponsor · 2025-09-09
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to TRANSPORTATION, Sept. 9, 2025
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Bill text
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PRINTER'S NO. 2283
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1847
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY KEPHART, HADDOCK, SMITH, COOK, STAATS, BRENNAN,
JAMES, BERNSTINE, RAPP, GUENST, CAUSER, ROWE, SAMUELSON AND
ANDERSON, SEPTEMBER 4, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 9, 2025
AN ACT
1 Designating the bridge, identified as Bridge Key 11527, carrying
2 Pennsylvania Route 729 over Gazzam Run in Jordan Township,
3 Clearfield County, as the PFC Raymond Lee McGarvey Memorial
4 Bridge.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. PFC Raymond Lee McGarvey Memorial Bridge.
8 (a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
9 follows:
10 (1) Raymond Lee McGarvey was born May 7, 1946, in
11 Berwinsdale, Jordan Township, Clearfield County.
12 (2) Raymond graduated from Beccaria-Coalport-Irvona High
13 School in Coalport Borough, Clearfield County.
14 (3) Outside of school, Raymond was active in Future
15 Farmers of America and 4-H Club. He enjoyed spending time
16 with his parents, Walter E. and Evelyn McGarvey.
17 (4) PFC McGarvey entered the service of the United
18 States Army under the 25th Division, 3rd Brigade, 35th
1 Infantry.
2 (5) PFC McGarvey earned many decorations, including the
3 Combat Infantryman Badge, Bronze Star with Valor, Purple
4 Heart, National Defense Service Medal and the Vietnam Cross
5 of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation.
6 (6) On July 3, 1966, PFC McGarvey was killed in action
7 by machine gun fire while serving on a search and destroy
8 mission located in the Pleiku Province, Vietnam. He made the
9 ultimate sacrifice after single-handedly charging a fortified
10 machine gun position to defend his comrades against enemy
11 fire.
12 (b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
13 11527, carrying Pennsylvania Route 729 over Gazzam Run in Jordan
14 Township, Clearfield County, is designated as the PFC Raymond
15 Lee McGarvey Memorial Bridge.
16 (c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
17 maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
18 traffic in both directions on the bridge.
19 Section 2. Effective date.
20 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Kephart (R, state_lower PA-73) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Aaron Bernstine (R, state_lower PA-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Brian Smith (R, state_lower PA-66) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Bud Cook (R, state_lower PA-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Craig T. Staats (R, state_lower PA-145) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | David H. Rowe (R, state_lower PA-85) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jim Haddock (D, state_lower PA-118) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Kathy L. Rapp (R, state_lower PA-65) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Marc S. Anderson (R, state_lower PA-92) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Mark M. Gillen (R, state_lower PA-128) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Martin T. Causer (R, state_lower PA-67) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Mike Armanini (R, state_lower PA-75) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Nancy Guenst (D, state_lower PA-152) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | R. Lee James (R, state_lower PA-64) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Steve Samuelson (D, state_lower PA-135) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Tim Brennan (D, state_lower PA-29) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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