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2025-02-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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2025-02-27
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This bill would rename a short stretch of roadway in Washington, D.C., near the Russian Ambassador’s residence, as “Alexei Navalny Way.” The bill says this is meant as a sign of support for people in Russia who want freedom, democracy, and an end to corruption and repression. It honors Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist who died in prison in 2024 after being imprisoned on charges the bill describes as false. The bill also points to his work exposing corruption, his awards and international recognition, and the broader actions of the Russian government against political opponents, journalists, and human rights defenders.
- The renamed area is Sumner Row Northwest between 16th Street Northwest and L Street Northwest in Washington, D.C.
- Any official U.S. reference to that location would be treated as a reference to “Alexei Navalny Way.”
- The District of Columbia would be required to install two street signs with the new name.
- One sign would go near 1135 16th Street Northwest and 1119-1125 16th Street Northwest, and the other would be placed at 1555 L Street Northwest.
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[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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