To designate the area of Sumner Row between 16th Street Northwest and L Street Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Alexei Navalny Way".
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1738 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 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''. _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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 widesp
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