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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 224 

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the area between the intersections 

of International Drive, Northwest and Van Ness Street, Northwest and 

International Drive, Northwest and International Place, Northwest in 

Washington, District of Columbia, should be designated as ‘‘Liu Xiaobo 

Plaza’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 21, 2015 

Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. TOOMEY) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the area between 

the intersections of International Drive, Northwest and 

Van Ness Street, Northwest and International Drive, 

Northwest and International Place, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, should be designated as 

‘‘Liu Xiaobo Plaza’’. 

Whereas June 4, 2015, marked the 26th anniversary of the 

brutal crackdown on protestors at Tiananmen Square in 

Beijing; 

Whereas Dr. Liu Xiaobo is a Chinese human rights activist 

and Nobel Laureate who is currently serving an 11-year 


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prison sentence for inciting subversion against the Government of the People’s Republic of China; 

Whereas in recognition of Dr. Liu Xiaobo’s long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in the People’s Republic of China, he was awarded the Nobel Peace 

Prize in October 2010; and 

Whereas renaming a portion of the street in front of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the District 

of Columbia after Dr. Liu Xiaobo serves as an expression 

of solidarity between the people of the United States and 

the people of the People’s Republic of China who are, like 

Dr. Liu Xiaobo, engaged in a long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, that it is the sense of the Senate that— 

2 (1) the area between the intersections of Inter3 national Drive, Northwest and Van Ness Street, 

4 Northwest and International Drive, Northwest and 

5 International Place, Northwest in Washington, Dis6 trict of Columbia, should be known and designated 

7 as ‘‘Liu Xiaobo Plaza’’, and any reference in a law, 

8 map, regulation, document, paper, or other record to 

9 that area should be deemed to be a reference to Liu 

10 Xiaobo Plaza; 

11 (2) the address of 3505 International Place, 

12 Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, 

13 should be redesignated as 1 Liu Xiaobo Plaza, and 

14 any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 

15 paper, or other record of the United States to that 


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1 address should be deemed to be a reference to 1 Liu 

2 Xiaobo Plaza; and 

3 (3) the Administrator of General Services 

4 should construct street signs that— 

5 (A) contain the phrase ‘‘Liu Xiaobo 

6 Plaza’’; 

7 (B) are similar in design to the signs used 

8 by Washington, District of Columbia, to des9 ignate the location of Metro stations; and 

10 (C) should be placed on— 

11 (i) the parcel of Federal property that 

12 is closest to 1 Liu Xiaobo Plaza (as de13 scribed in paragraph (2)); and 

14 (ii) the street corners of International 

15 Drive, Northwest and Van Ness Street, 

16 Northwest and International Drive, North17 west and International Place, Northwest, 

18 Washington, District of Columbia. 

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