[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 795 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 795

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to work with the State of New 
York to ensure that a segment of Interstate Route 86 in the vicinity of 
    Corning, New York, is designated as the ``Amo Houghton Bypass''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2005

   Mr. Kuhl of New York (for himself, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
   Ackerman, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
Cantor, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Castle, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Delahunt, 
   Mr. Engel, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Farr, Mr. Foley, Mr. 
Fossella, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. 
 Gillmor, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Inslee, 
  Mr. Israel, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Kennedy of 
Rhode Island, Mr. Kind, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. 
Jefferson, Mr. LaHood, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Leach, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, 
 Mrs. Lowey, Mrs. Maloney, Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. McCrery, Mr. McDermott, 
  Mr. McGovern, Mr. McHugh, Mr. McNulty, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. 
 Moran of Virginia, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, 
    Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Paul, Mr. Payne, Mr. Peterson of 
Minnesota, Mr. Petri, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Portman, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. 
Ramstad, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Shays, Mr. 
  Simmons, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Sweeney, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. 
  Tanner, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Towns, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. 
  Walsh, and Mr. Whitfield) introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to work with the State of New 
York to ensure that a segment of Interstate Route 86 in the vicinity of 
    Corning, New York, is designated as the ``Amo Houghton Bypass''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Amo Houghton first served his country when he 
        volunteered for military service during World War II and served 
        as a Private First Class in the United States Marine Corps;
            (2) Amo Houghton earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard 
        University and a master's degree from the Harvard School of 
        Business;
            (3) Amo Houghton was Chief Executive Officer of Corning, 
        Incorporated, before running for Congress and is remembered 
        fondly for his tremendous efforts to rebuild the city of 
        Corning, New York, and the Chemung Valley in the aftermath of 
        Hurricane Agnes and the devastating flood of 1972;
            (4) Amo Houghton spent his energy and time at Corning, 
        Incorporated, Congress, and even after Congress working to 
        build up the economy of the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes, and 
        Rochester region of New York;
            (5) Amo Houghton worked tirelessly with others to fund the 
        building projects that brought New York State Route 17 to the 
        necessary standards to be designated as Interstate Route 86;
            (6) one of the major projects required to upgrade New York 
        State Route 17 to Interstate standards and at the same time 
        eliminate a glaring problem and safety hazard was the 
        construction of the bypass route around the city of Corning, 
        New York;
            (7) Amo Houghton was a champion of many economic, trade, 
        and health issues during his service on the Ways and Means 
        Committee of the House of Representatives, including numerous 
        tax simplification measures and successful House and Senate 
        passage of the Clean Diamond Trade Act (Public Law 108-19) 
        which was signed into law by President George W. Bush;
            (8) Amo Houghton was an active player on the world stage as 
        a member of the International Relations Committee of the House 
        of Representatives through his Chairmanships of the Canada-
        United States Interparliamentary Group, the Asia-Pacific 
        Parliamentary Forum, the Oxford Forum, and the United States-
        Japan Economic Agenda Forum and Vice Chairmanship of the Africa 
        Subcommittee of the International Relations Committee;
            (9) Amo Houghton served in many other capacities for the 
        good of Congress, including his work as a founding member of 
        the Bipartisan Retreat Committee of the House of 
        Representatives, the Members and Family Room Committee of the 
        House of Representatives, and as Co-Chairman of the Faith and 
        Politics Institute; and
            (10) among his colleagues in Congress, Amo Houghton will 
        always be remembered as a man of principle, statesmanship, 
        moderation, bipartisanship, and civility.

SEC. 2. AMO HOUGHTON BYPASS.

    The Secretary of Transportation shall work with the State of New 
York to ensure that the segment of Interstate Route 86 between its 
interchange with New York State Route 15 in the vicinity of Painted 
Post, New York, and its interchange with New York State Route 352 in 
the vicinity of Corning, New York, is known and designated as the ``Amo 
Houghton Bypass''.
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