II 109th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 490 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 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.

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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.

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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.