Ted Cruz (R-TX)
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".
A Republican bill with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See all 3 cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill proposes to designate a specific area in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Oswaldo Paya Way." The designated area is located between the intersections of 16th Street, Northwest and Fuller Street, Northwest and 16th Street, Northwest and Euclid Street, Northwest. The bill also includes the redesignation of the address 2630 16th Street, Northwest, to 2630 Oswaldo Paya Way. Additionally, the District of Columbia would be responsible for constructing two specific street signs for these intersections. This designation serves as an expression of solidarity regarding the struggle for human rights in Cuba.
Yes· 3 of 5
- Scored +1
Would people in cities be better off under this?
The bill involves infrastructure changes, specifically new street signage, within the District of Columbia.
- Scored +1
Does this repair or build roads and bridges?
The bill requires the District of Columbia to construct two new street signs for the designated area.
- Scored +1
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The bill includes provisions to update official maps, regulations, and records to reflect the new street name.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Expression of Solidarity: Renaming the street in front of the Embassy of Cuba serves as an expression of solidarity between the people of the United States and the people of Cuba regarding their struggle for fundamental human rights (Section 1, Paragraph 12).
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Recognition of a Political Activist: The designation honors Oswaldo Paya, a Cuban political dissident and activist who was dedicated to promoting democratic freedoms and human rights (Section 1, Paragraph 2).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts are explicitly mentioned in the text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would people in cities be better off under this? — The bill involves infrastructure changes, specifically new street signage, within the District of Columbia.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this repair or build roads and bridges? — The bill requires the District of Columbia to construct two new street signs for the designated area.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill includes provisions to update official maps, regulations, and records to reflect the new street name.
- National Security And Foreign Policy
- Does this favour talking over confrontation abroad? — The street designation serves as a symbolic act of solidarity regarding the human rights struggle in Cuba.
- Social Issues And Justice
- Does this narrow racial gaps in how people are treated? — The bill expresses solidarity with the struggle for human rights in Cuba through a street designation.
- 1/23/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 3 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
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