To designate the area between the intersections of 16th Street Northwest and Fuller Street Northwest and 16th Street Northwest and Euclid Street Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Oswaldo Payá Way".

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4558 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4558 To designate the area between the intersections of 16th Street Northwest and Fuller Street Northwest and 16th Street Northwest and Euclid Street Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as ``Oswaldo Paya Way''. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 21, 2025 Mr. Diaz-Balart (for himself, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Salazar, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Soto, and Ms. Malliotakis) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To designate the area between the intersections of 16th Street Northwest and Fuller Street Northwest and 16th Street Northwest and Euclid Street Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as ``Oswaldo Paya 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 that-- (1) the revolution led by Fidel Castro in Cuba in 1959 started over 6 decades of an ongoing dictatorship, systemic human rights abuses, and a lack of basic freedom of press, religion, assembly, and association that continue to this day under the Communist rule of Raul Castro and his successor, Miguel Diaz-Canel; (2) Oswaldo Paya Sardinas was a Cuban political dissident and activist dedicated to promoting democratic freedoms and human rights in Cuba; (3) the Communist Party of Cuba has always viewed individuals with a commitment to democracy and freedom as a threat to the existence of the Communist Party of Cuba; (4) on July 22, 2012, a violent car crash, widely believed to have been carried out by the Castro regime, took the lives of Oswaldo Paya and Harold Cepero, another democratic activist; (5) Cuba's