,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #fad  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ah1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,durbin 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,cassidy1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4       
,coons1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,florida1 ,mr4   
,merkley1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1
 and ,ms4 ,cortez ,masto7 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 of ,sumner ,row between #afth      
,street ,northwest and ,l ,street       
,northwest in ,washington1 ,district of 
,columbia1 as ,alexei ,navalny ,way4    
#a4 ,findings ,congress finds the       
following3 7#a7 ,the administration of  
,president ,vladimir ,v4 ,putin of the  
,russian ,federation has engaged in     
transnational repression1 assassinations
 of political opponents1 poisoning and  
other attempted murders of political    
opponents1 journalists1 and human rights
 defenders1 systemic human rights       

abuses1 and unprovoked military attacks 
against and deployments to neighboring  
countries4  7#b7 ,the administration of 
,president ,vladimir ,v4 ,putin of the  
,russian ,federation has carried out    
arrests and detentions of individuals   
who peacefully seek democratic freedoms 
or oppose his repression1 corruption1   
and invasion of ,ukraine4  7#c7 ,alexei 
,navalny was a ,russian political       
dissident and activist dedicated to     
promoting democratic freedoms and       
fighting corruption in ,russia4  7#d7   
,on ,february #af1 #bjbd1 the ,russian  
prison where ,alexei ,navalny was being 
held after his conviction on fabricated 
charges in ,february #bjba announced    
that he had died a day after he was seen
 in good health4  7#e7 ,alexei ,navalny 
had a history of exposing the widespread
 corruption that sustained the ,putin   
regime by enriching its enablers4 ,he   
was recognized and awarded on numerous  
occasions for his work fighting         
corruption and promoting democratic     

ideals4 ,those recognitions and awards  
include the #bjae ,prize of the         
,platform of ,european ,memory and      
,conscience1 a nomination for the #bjba 
,nobel ,peace ,prize1 the #bjba ,boris  
,nemtsov ,prize for ,courage1 the #bjba 
,moral ,courage ,award by the ,geneva   
,summit for ,human ,rights and          
,democracy1 the #bjba ,knight of        
,freedom ,award by the ,casimir ,pulaski
 ,foundation1 and the #bjba ,sakharov   
,prize by the ,european ,parliament4    
7#f7 ,alexei ,navalny and fellow        
dissident ,vladimir ,kara-,murza endured
 several poisonings and other attempts  
on their lives carried out by ,putin's  
government4  7#g7 ,renaming the street  
near the official residence of the      
,russian ,ambassador to the ,united     
,states serves as a continuing          
expression of solidarity between the    
people of the ,united ,states and the   
people of the ,russian ,federation1 who 
are engaged in a sustained1 peaceful1   
and patriotic struggle for fundamental  

freedoms4  #b4 ,designation of ,alexei  
,navalny ,way  7a7 ,designation of way  
7#a7 ,in general ,the area of ,sumner   
,row ,northwest between #afth ,street   
,northwest and ,l ,street ,northwest in 
,washington1 ,district of ,columbia1    
shall be known and designated as ,alexei
 ,navalny ,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 ,alexei ,navalny ,way4   
7b7 ,signs ,the ,district of ,columbia  
shall construct #b street signs-- 7#a7  
that contain the phrase ,alexei ,navalny
 ,way2  7#b7 one of which shall be      
placed immediately above existing signs 
between #aace #afth ,street ,northwest  
and #aaai-aabe #afth ,street ,northwest2
  7#c7 one of which shall be placed on a
 sign post at #aeee ,l ,street          
,northwest2 and  7#d7 that are similar  
in design to the signs used by the      
,district of ,columbia to designate the 

location of ,metro stations4