119-hr1738

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1738 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1738

To designate the area of Sumner Row between 16th Street Northwest and L 
 Street Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as ``Alexei 
 Navalny Way''.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 27, 2025

Mr. Quigley (for himself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
 Reform

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 A BILL

To designate the area of Sumner Row between 16th Street Northwest and L 
 Street Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as ``Alexei 
 Navalny Way''.

 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) The administration of President Vladimir V. Putin of 
 the Russian Federation has engaged in transnational repression, 
 assassinations of political opponents, poisoning and other 
 attempted murders of political opponents, journalists, and 
 human rights defenders, systemic human rights abuses, and 
 unprovoked military attacks against and deployments to 
 neighboring countries.

    (2) The administration of President Vladimir V. Putin of 
 the Russian Federation has carried out arrests and detentions 
 of individuals who peacefully seek democratic freedoms or 
 oppose his repression, corruption, and invasion of Ukraine.

    (3) Alexei Navalny was a Russian political dissident and 
 activist dedicated to promoting democratic freedoms and 
 fighting corruption in Russia.

    (4) On February 16, 2024, the Russian prison where Alexei 
 Navalny was being held after his conviction on fabricated 
 charges in February 2021 announced that he had died a day after 
 he was seen in good health.

    (5) Alexei Navalny had a history of exposing the widespread 
 corruption that sustained the Putin regime by enriching its 
 enablers. He was recognized and awarded on numerous occasions 
 for his work fighting corruption and promoting democratic 
 ideals. Those recognitions and awards include the 2015 Prize of 
 the Platform of European Memory and Conscience, a nomination 
 for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, the 2021 Boris Nemtsov Prize 
 for Courage, the 2021 Moral Courage Award by the Geneva Summit 
 for Human Rights and Democracy, the 2021 Knight of Freedom 
 Award by the Casimir Pulaski Foundation, and the 2021 Sakharov 
 Prize by the European Parliament.

    (6) Alexei Navalny and fellow dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza 
 endured several poisonings and other attempts on their lives 
 carried out by Putin's government.

    (7) Renaming the street near the official residence of the 
 Russian Ambassador to the United States serves as a continuing 
 expression of solidarity between the people of the United 
 States and the people of the Russian Federation, who are 
 engaged in a sustained, peaceful, and patriotic struggle for 
 fundamental freedoms.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF ALEXEI NAVALNY WAY.

    (a) Designation of Way.--

    (1) In general.--The area of Sumner Row Northwest between 
 16th Street Northwest and L Street Northwest in Washington, 
 District of Columbia, shall be known and designated as ``Alexei 
 Navalny Way''.

    (2) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
 document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
 area referred to in paragraph

    (1) shall be deemed to be a 
 reference to ``Alexei Navalny Way''.

    (b) Signs.--The District of Columbia shall construct 2 street 
signs--

    (1) that contain the phrase ``Alexei Navalny Way'';

    (2) one of which shall be placed immediately above existing 
 signs between 1135 16th Street Northwest and 1119-1125 16th 
 Street Northwest;

    (3) one of which shall be placed on a sign post at 1555 L 
 Street Northwest; and

    (4) that are similar in design to the signs used by the 
 District of Columbia to designate the location of Metro 
 stations.
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