To redesignate the area of Sumner Row on the 1100 block of 16th Street Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Alexei Navalny Way", and for other purposes.
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7460 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7460 To redesignate the area of Sumner Row on the 1100 block of 16th Street Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as ``Alexei Navalny Way'', and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 26, 2024 Mr. Quigley (for himself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To redesignate the area of Sumner Row on the 1100 block of 16th Street Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as ``Alexei Navalny Way'', and for other purposes. 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 or deployments to neighboring countries. (2) The administration of President Vladimir V. Putin of the Russian Federation has carried out arrests and detentions of those who peacefully seek democratic freedoms or oppose to 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 exp
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