,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #eci  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #g1 #bjag,mr4
 ,cruz 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 and   
,mr4 ,menendez7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,homeland         
,security and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to designate the area between 
the intersections of #afth ,street1     
,northwest and ,fuller ,street1         
,northwest and #afth ,street1 ,northwest
 and ,euclid ,street1 ,northwest in     
,washington1 ,district of ,columbia1 as 
,oswaldo ,pay ,way4  #a4 ,findings      
,congress finds that-- 7#a7 ,fidel      
,castro or ,raul ,castro has been the   
autocratic ruler of ,cuba for #eh years2
  7#b7 ,fidel ,castro and ,raul ,castro 
have relentlessly and consistently      
oppressed any efforts to bring          
democratic freedoms and human rights to 
the people of ,cuba during that #eh-year
 period2  7#c7 ,oswaldo ,pay was a      
,cuban political dissident dedicated to 

promoting democratic freedoms and human 
rights in ,cuba2  7#d7 the ,communist   
,party of ,cuba has always viewed that  
commitment to freedom as a threat to the
 existence of the ,communist ,party of  
,cuba2  7#e7 on ,july #bb1 #bjab1 a     
violent car crash1 widely believed to   
have been carried out by the ,castro    
regime1 took the lives of ,oswaldo ,pay 
and ,harold ,cepero1 another dissident2 
7#f7 the official investigation into the
 crash has been demonstrated to be      
compromised1 and the ,castro regime has 
offered no plausible evidence of the    
innocence of the ,castro regime in the  
crash1 leaving the circumstances of the 
death of ,oswaldo ,pay unknown2  7#g7   
opposition by ,oswaldo ,pay to the      
,communist ,party of ,cuba began at a   
young age1 when he refused to become a  
member of the ,young ,communist ,league 
as a primary school student1 and        
continued through high school1 when he  
publicly criticized the invasion of     
,czechoslovakia by the ,soviet ,union2  

7#h7 the ,communist ,party of ,cuba     
responded to the opposition by ,oswaldo 
,pay to the invasion of ,czechoslovakia 
by the ,soviet ,union by sending        
,oswaldo ,pay to a labor camp for #c    
years2  7#i7 ,oswaldo ,pay forewent a   
chance to escape ,cuba in the #aihj     
,mariel boatlift1 deciding instead to   
continue the fight for democracy in     
,cuba1 saying1 ,this is what ,i am      
supposed to be1 this is what ,i have to 
do42  7#aj7 by creating the ,varela     
,project in #aiih1 ,oswaldo ,pay        
demonstrated his staunch commitment to  
peacefully advocating for freedom of    
speech and freedom of assembly for his  
fellow ,cubans2  7#aa7 in recognition of
 his determination for political reforms
 through peaceful protests1 ,oswaldo    
,pay was awarded the ,sakharov ,prize   
for ,freedom of ,thought by the         
,european ,parliament in #bjjb and the  
,w4 ,averell ,harriman ,democracy ,award
 from the ,national ,democratic         
,institute for ,international ,affairs  

in #bjjc and was nominated for the      
,nobel ,peace ,prize by former ,czech   
,president ,vclav ,havel in #bjje2 and  
7#ab7 renaming the street in front of   
the ,embassy of ,cuba in the ,district  
of ,columbia after ,oswaldo ,pay serves 
as an expression of solidarity between  
the people of the ,united ,states and   
the people of the ,cuba1 who are engaged
 in a long1 nonviolent struggle for     
fundamental human rights4  #b4          
,designation of ,oswaldo ,pay ,way  7a7 
,designation of ,way  7#a7 ,in general  
,the area between the intersections of  
#afth ,street1 ,northwest and ,fuller   
,street1 ,northwest and #afth ,street1  
,northwest and ,euclid ,street1         
,northwest in ,washington1 ,district of 
,columbia1 shall be known and designated
 as ,oswaldo ,pay ,way4  7#b7           
,references ,any reference in a law1    
map1 regulation1 document1 paper1 or    
other record of the ,united ,states to  
the area referred to in paragraph 7#a7  
shall be deemed to be a reference to    

,oswaldo ,pay ,way4  7b7 ,designation of
 address  7#a7 ,designation ,the address
 of #bfcj #afth ,street1 ,northwest1    
,washington1 ,district of ,columbia1    
shall be redesignated as #bfcj ,oswaldo 
,pay ,way4  7#b7 ,references ,any       
reference in a law1 map1 regulation1    
document1 paper1 or other record of the 
,united ,states to the address referred 
to in paragraph 7#a7 shall be deemed to 
be a reference to #bfcj ,oswaldo ,pay   
,way4  7c7 ,signs ,the ,administrator of
 ,general ,services shall construct     
street signs that shall-- 7#a7 contain  
the phrase ,oswaldo ,pay ,way2  7#b7 be 
similar in design to the signs used by  
,washington1 ,district of ,columbia1 to 
designate the location of ,metro        
stations2 and  7#c7 be placed on-- 7,a7 
the parcel of ,federal property that is 
closest to ,oswaldo ,pay ,way2 and  7,b7
 the intersections of #afth ,street1    
,northwest and ,fuller ,street1         
,northwest and #afth ,street1 ,northwest
 and ,euclid ,street1 ,northwest in     

,washington1 ,district of ,columbia4