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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’’. 

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’’.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds that— 

5 (1) Amo Houghton first served the United 

6 States by volunteering for military service during 

7 World War II as a Private First Class in the Marine 

8 Corps; 
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1 (2) Amo Houghton earned a bachelor’s degree 

2 from Harvard University and a master’s degree 

3 from the Harvard School of Business; 

4 (3) Amo Houghton worked as the chief execu5 tive officer of Corning, Incorporated, before running 

6 for Congress and is remembered fondly for his tre7 mendous efforts to rebuild the city of Corning, New 

8 York, and the Chemung Valley in the aftermath of 

9 Hurricane Agnes and the devastating flood of 1972; 

10 (4) while working at Corning, Incorporated, 

11 while serving in Congress, and after serving in Con12 gress, Amo Houghton worked to enhance the econ13 omy of the Southern Tier, Finger Lakes, and Roch14 ester regions of New York; 

15 (5) Amo Houghton worked tirelessly with oth16 ers to fund the building projects that brought New 

17 York State Route 17 to the necessary standards to 

18 be designated as Interstate Route 86; 

19 (6) a major project required to upgrade New 

20 York State Route 17 to Interstate standards, and to 

21 eliminate a glaring problem and safety hazard on 

22 that route, was the construction of a bypass route 

23 around the city of Corning, New York; 

24 (7) during his service on the Ways and Means 

25 Committee of the House of Representatives, Amo 
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1 Houghton was a champion of many economic, trade, 

2 and health issues, including numerous tax simplifica3 tion measures and the successful passage by the 

4 House of Representatives and the Senate of the 

5 Clean Diamond Trade Act (Public Law 108–19), 

6 which was signed into law by President George W. 

7 Bush; 

8 (8) Amo Houghton was an active member of 

9 the International Relations Committee of the House 

10 of Representatives and served as chairman of the 

11 Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group, 

12 the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum, the Oxford 

13 Forum, and the United States-Japan Economic 

14 Agenda Forum, and vice chairman of the Africa 

15 Subcommittee of the International Relations Com16 mittee; 

17 (9) Amo Houghton served Congress in many 

18 other ways, including by working as— 

19 (A) a founding member of the Bipartisan 

20 Retreat Committee of the House of Representa21 tives; 

22 (B) a founding member of the Members 

23 and Family Room Committee of the House of 

24 Representatives; and 
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1 (C) cochairman of the Faith and Politics 

2 Institute; and 

3 (10) Amo Houghton will always be remembered 

4 by his colleagues in Congress as a man of principle, 

5 statesmanship, moderation, bipartisanship, and civil6 ity. 

7 SEC. 2. AMO HOUGHTON BYPASS. 

8 The Secretary of Transportation shall work with the 

9 State of New York to ensure that the 3-mile segment of 

10 Interstate Route 86 between the interchange of Interstate 

11 Route 86 with New York State Route 15 in the vicinity 

12 of Painted Post, New York, and the interchange of Inter13 state Route 86 with New York State Route 414 in the 

14 vicinity of Corning, New York, is known and designated 

15 as the ‘‘Amo Houghton Bypass’’.

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