[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 21, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5213]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE RESOLUTION 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''

  Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Toomey) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs:

                              S. Res. 224

       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 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
       Resolved, that it is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) 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 
     known and designated as ``Liu Xiaobo Plaza'', and any 
     reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or 
     other record to that area should be deemed to be a reference 
     to Liu Xiaobo Plaza;
       (2) the address of 3505 International Place, Northwest, 
     Washington, District of Columbia, should be redesignated as 1 
     Liu Xiaobo Plaza, and any reference in a law, map, 
     regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
     States to that address should be deemed to be a reference to 
     1 Liu Xiaobo Plaza; and
       (3) the Administrator of General Services should construct 
     street signs that--
       (A) contain the phrase ``Liu Xiaobo Plaza'';
       (B) are similar in design to the signs used by Washington, 
     District of Columbia, to designate the location of Metro 
     stations; and
       (C) should be placed on--
       (i) the parcel of Federal property that is closest to 1 Liu 
     Xiaobo Plaza (as described in paragraph (2)); and
       (ii) the street corners of International Drive, Northwest 
     and Van Ness Street, Northwest and International Drive, 
     Northwest and International Place, Northwest, Washington, 
     District of Columbia.

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