[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 490 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 490

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 2005

  Mrs. Clinton (for herself and Mr. Schumer) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment 
                            and Public Works

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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 that--
            (1) Amo Houghton first served the United States by 
        volunteering for military service during World War II as a 
        Private First Class in the 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 worked as the 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) while working at Corning, Incorporated, while serving 
        in Congress, and after serving in Congress, Amo Houghton worked 
        to enhance the economy of the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes, and 
        Rochester regions 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) a major project required to upgrade New York State 
        Route 17 to Interstate standards, and to eliminate a glaring 
        problem and safety hazard on that route, was the construction 
        of a bypass route around the city of Corning, New York;
            (7) during his service on the Ways and Means Committee of 
        the House of Representatives, Amo Houghton was a champion of 
        many economic, trade, and health issues, including numerous tax 
        simplification measures and the successful passage by the House 
        of Representatives and the Senate 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 member of the International 
        Relations Committee of the House of Representatives and served 
        as chairman 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 
        chairman of the Africa Subcommittee of the International 
        Relations Committee;
            (9) Amo Houghton served Congress in many other ways, 
        including by working as--
                    (A) a founding member of the Bipartisan Retreat 
                Committee of the House of Representatives;
                    (B) a founding member of the Members and Family 
                Room Committee of the House of Representatives; and
                    (C) cochairman of the Faith and Politics Institute; 
                and
            (10) Amo Houghton will always be remembered by his 
        colleagues in Congress 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 3-mile segment of Interstate Route 86 between 
the interchange of Interstate Route 86 with New York State Route 15 in 
the vicinity of Painted Post, New York, and the interchange of 
Interstate Route 86 with New York State Route 414 in the vicinity of 
Corning, New York, is known and designated as the ``Amo Houghton 
Bypass''.
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