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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7460 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7460

To redesignate the area of Sumner Row on the 1100 block of 16th Street 
  Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as ``Alexei Navalny 
                     Way'', and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2024

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

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                                 A BILL

 
To redesignate the area of Sumner Row on the 1100 block of 16th Street 
  Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as ``Alexei Navalny 
                     Way'', and for other purposes.

    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 or deployments to neighboring 
        countries.
            (2) The administration of President Vladimir V. Putin of 
        the Russian Federation has carried out arrests and detentions 
        of those who peacefully seek democratic freedoms or oppose to 
        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.
            (6) Alexei Navalny was recognized and awarded on numerous 
        occasions for his work fighting corruption and promotion of 
        democratic ideals, including the 2015 Prize of the Platform of 
        European Memory and Conscience, 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.
            (7) Alexei Navalny and fellow dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza 
        endured several poisonings and other attempts on their lives 
        carried out by Putin's government.
            (8) 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 between 1135 16th Street 
        Northwest and 1119-1125 16th 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 
that shall--
            (1) contain the phrase ``Alexei Navalny Way'';
            (2) be placed immediately above existing signs between the 
        addresses mentioned in subsection (a)(1) and a sign post at 
        1555 L Street Northwest, Washington District of Columbia; and
            (3) be similar in design to the signs used by the District 
        of Columbia to designate the location of Metro Stations.
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