[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3804 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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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''.


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                   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

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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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