[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 18, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1010-S1011]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
        Coons, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Kaine, Mr. 
        Whitehouse, and Ms. Cortez Masto):
  S. 614. A bill to designate the area of Sumner Row between 16th 
Street and Northwest and L Street Northwest in Washington, District of 
Columbia, as ``Alexei Navalny Way''; to the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                 S. 614

       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

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     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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