,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dbfg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bb1     
#bjbj,mr4 ,cruz 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,menendez1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 and ,mr4        
,durbin7 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 the         
revolution led by ,fidel ,castro in     
,cuba in #aiei started #fa years of an  
ongoing dictatorship1 systemic human    
rights abuses1 and a lack of basic      
freedom of press1 religion1 assembly1   
and association that continue to this   
day under the ,communist rule of ,ral   
,castro and his successor1 ,miguel      

,daz-,canel2  7#b7 ,oswaldo ,pay        
,sardias was a ,cuban political         
dissident dedicated to promoting        
democratic freedoms and human rights in 
,cuba2  7#c7 the ,communist ,party of   
,cuba has always viewed that commitment 
to democracy and freedom as a threat to 
the existence of the ,communist ,party  
of ,cuba2  7#d7 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#e7 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#f7   
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#g7 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#h7 ,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#i7 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#aj7 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      
7#aa7 on ,april #aa1 #bjah1 the ,senate 
unanimously passed ,s4 ,res4 #bbd1      
recognizing the sixth anniversary of the
 death of ,oswaldo ,pay ,sardias1       
commemorating his legacy and commitment 
to democratic values and principles1 and
 calling on the ,cuban government to    
allow an impartial1 third-party         
investigation into the circumstances    
surrounding his death2 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 ,district of     

,columbia shall construct #b street     
signs that shall-- 7#a7 contain the     
phrase ,oswaldo ,pay ,way2  7#b7 be     
placed immediately above existing signs 
at the intersections of #afth ,street1  
,northwest and ,fuller ,street1         
,northwest and #afth ,street1 ,northwest
 and ,euclid ,street1 ,northwest in     
,washington1 ,district of ,columbia2 and
  7#c7 be similar in design to the signs
 used by the ,district of ,columbia to  
designate the location of ,metro        
stations4