S 218 · in committee · major
A bill to designate the area between the intersections of 16th Street, Northwest and Fuller Street, Northwest and 16th Street, Northwest and Euclid Street, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Oswaldo Paya Way".
- foreign policy
What this bill does
- This bill names a street section in Washington, D.C. near the Cuban embassy after Oswaldo Payá, a Cuban pro-democracy activist.
- The designation affects the area between 16th and Fuller Streets and 16th and Euclid Streets, Northwest in Washington, D.C.
- The bill has no direct cost and takes effect upon enactment as a commemorative designation.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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Why honor Oswaldo Payá specifically with this D.C. street designation rather than another historical figure?
- 02
What impact might naming this street section after a Cuban dissident have on U.S.-Cuba diplomatic relations?
- 03
How should Congress decide which activists and historical figures deserve street name commemorations in the nation's capital?
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Sponsor · R-TX
Ted Cruz
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
3/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-23
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Legislative timeline
2025-01-23 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2025-01-23 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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