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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. 

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 

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. 

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 the following: 

5 (1) The administration of President Vladimir V. 

6 Putin of the Russian Federation has engaged in 

7 transnational repression, assassinations of political 

8 opponents, poisoning and other attempted murders 


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1 of political opponents, journalists, and human rights 

2 defenders, systemic human rights abuses, and 

3 unprovoked military attacks or deployments to 

4 neighboring countries. 

5 (2) The administration of President Vladimir V. 

6 Putin of the Russian Federation has carried out ar7 rests and detentions of those who peacefully seek 

8 democratic freedoms or oppose to his repression, 

9 corruption, and invasion of Ukraine. 

10 (3) Alexei Navalny was a Russian political dis11 sident and activist dedicated to promoting demo12 cratic freedoms and fighting corruption in Russia. 

13 (4) On February 16, 2024, the Russian prison 

14 where Alexei Navalny was being held after his con15 viction on fabricated charges in February 2021 an16 nounced that he had died a day after he was seen 

17 in good health. 

18 (5) Alexei Navalny had a history of exposing 

19 the widespread corruption that sustained the Putin 

20 regime by enriching its enablers. 

21 (6) Alexei Navalny was recognized and awarded 

22 on numerous occasions for his work fighting corrup23 tion and promotion of democratic ideals, including 

24 the 2015 Prize of the Platform of European Memory 

25 and Conscience, nomination for the 2021 Nobel 


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1 Peace Prize, the 2021 Boris Nemtsov Prize for 

2 Courage, the 2021 Moral Courage Award by the Ge3 neva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, the 

4 2021 Knight of Freedom Award by the Casimir Pu5 laski Foundation, and the 2021 Sakharov Prize by 

6 the European Parliament. 

7 (7) Alexei Navalny and fellow dissident Vladi8 mir Kara-Murza endured several poisonings and 

9 other attempts on their lives carried out by Putin’s 

10 government. 

11 (8) Renaming the street near the official resi12 dence of the Russian Ambassador to the United 

13 States serves as a continuing expression of solidarity 

14 between the people of the United States and the peo15 ple of the Russian Federation, who are engaged in 

16 a sustained, peaceful, and patriotic struggle for fun17 damental freedoms. 

18 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF ALEXEI NAVALNY WAY. 

19 (a) DESIGNATION OF WAY.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The area between 1135 16th 

21 Street Northwest and 1119–1125 16th Street 

22 Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, 

23 shall be known and designated as ‘‘Alexei Navalny 

24 Way’’. 


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1 (2) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, 

2 map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of 

3 the United States to the area referred to in para4 graph (1) shall be deemed to be a reference to 

5 ‘‘Alexei Navalny Way’’. 

6 (b) SIGNS.—The District of Columbia shall construct 

7 2 street signs that shall— 

8 (1) contain the phrase ‘‘Alexei Navalny Way’’; 

9 (2) be placed immediately above existing signs 

10 between the addresses mentioned in subsection 

11 (a)(1) and a sign post at 1555 L Street Northwest, 

12 Washington District of Columbia; and 

13 (3) be similar in design to the signs used by the 

14 District of Columbia to designate the location of 

15 Metro Stations. 

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