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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3804 

To designate the area of Sumner Row between 16th Street Northwest and 

L Street Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as ‘‘Alexei 

Navalny Way’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 26, 2024 

Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. FETTERMAN, Mr. KAINE, Mrs. 

SHAHEEN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, 

Mr. COONS, Mr. WELCH, Mr. CASEY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MERKLEY, 

Mr. BOOZMAN, and Ms. SMITH) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

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’’. 

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 


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1 opponents, poisoning and other attempted murders 

2 of political opponents, journalists, and human rights 

3 defenders, systemic human rights abuses, and 

4 unprovoked military attacks against and deploy5 ments to neighboring countries. 

6 (2) The administration of President Vladimir V. 

7 Putin of the Russian Federation has carried out ar8 rests and detentions of individuals who peacefully 

9 seek democratic freedoms or oppose his repression, 

10 corruption, and invasion of Ukraine. 

11 (3) Alexei Navalny was a Russian political dis12 sident and activist dedicated to promoting demo13 cratic freedoms and fighting corruption in Russia. 

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

15 where Alexei Navalny was being held after his con16 viction on fabricated charges in February 2021 an17 nounced that he had died a day after he was seen 

18 in good health. 

19 (5) Alexei Navalny had a history of exposing 

20 the widespread corruption that sustained the Putin 

21 regime by enriching its enablers. He was recognized 

22 and awarded on numerous occasions for his work 

23 fighting corruption and promoting democratic ideals. 

24 Those recognitions and awards include the 2015 

25 Prize of the Platform of European Memory and 


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1 Conscience, a nomination for the 2021 Nobel Peace 

2 Prize, the 2021 Boris Nemtsov Prize for Courage, 

3 the 2021 Moral Courage Award by the Geneva Sum4 mit for Human Rights and Democracy, the 2021 

5 Knight of Freedom Award by the Casimir Pulaski 

6 Foundation, and the 2021 Sakharov Prize by the 

7 European Parliament. 

8 (6) Alexei Navalny and fellow dissident Vladi9 mir Kara-Murza endured several poisonings and 

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

11 government. 

12 (7) Renaming the street near the official resi13 dence of the Russian Ambassador to the United 

14 States serves as a continuing expression of solidarity 

15 between the people of the United States and the peo16 ple of the Russian Federation, who are engaged in 

17 a sustained, peaceful, and patriotic struggle for fun18 damental freedoms. 

19 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF ALEXEI NAVALNY WAY. 

20 (a) DESIGNATION OF WAY.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The area of Sumner Row 

22 Northwest between 16th Street Northwest and L 

23 Street Northwest in Washington, District of Colum24 bia, shall be known and designated as ‘‘Alexei 

25 Navalny 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— 

8 (1) that contain the phrase ‘‘Alexei Navalny 

9 Way’’; 

10 (2) one of which shall be placed immediately 

11 above existing signs between 1135 16th Street 

12 Northwest and 1119–1125 16th Street Northwest; 

13 (3) one of which shall be placed on a sign post 

14 at 1555 L Street Northwest; and 

15 (4) that are similar in design to the signs used 

16 by the District of Columbia to designate the location 

17 of Metro stations. 

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