HR 4181 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

To designate the area between the intersections of International Drive, Northwest and Van Ness Street, Northwest and International Drive, Northwest and International Place, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Tiananmen Square Memorial Boulevard", and for other purposes.

Introduced Jun 15, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Andrew Ogles R-TN

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jun 15, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJun 15, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill designates the area between the intersections of International Drive, NW, and Van Ness Street, NW, and International Drive, NW, and International Place, NW, in Washington, DC, as Tiananmen Square Memorial Boulevard. The bill also specifies that the address of the Chinese embassy (3505 International Place, NW) shall be redesignated as 1 Tiananmen Square Memorial Boulevard.

Cosponsors 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 15, 2023 to Jun 16, 2023; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLAnna Paulina LunaOriginalJun 15, 2023
R-VABen ClineOriginalJun 15, 2023
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalJun 15, 2023
R-NJChristopher H. SmithOriginalJun 15, 2023
R-PAGuy ReschenthalerOriginalJun 15, 2023
R-SCJeff DuncanOriginalJun 15, 2023
R-MIJohn R. MoolenaarOriginalJun 15, 2023
R-FLMario Diaz-BalartOriginalJun 15, 2023
R-FLMichael WaltzOriginalJun 15, 2023
R-GAMike CollinsOriginalJun 15, 2023
R-TXMorgan LuttrellOriginalJun 15, 2023
R-FLNeal P. DunnOriginalJun 15, 2023
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalJun 15, 2023
R-MTRyan K. ZinkeOriginalJun 15, 2023
R-OKStephanie I. BiceOriginalJun 15, 2023
R-WIThomas P. TiffanyOriginalJun 15, 2023
R-TXChip RoyJun 16, 2023
R-FLGus M. BilirakisJun 16, 2023

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Jun 15, 2023

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 15, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jun 15, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
  3. Jun 7, 2023Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2774)

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H2774Andrew Ogles R-TNJun 7, 2023

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section VIII of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To commemorate the lives lost during the Tiananmen Square Massacre.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 105, June 15, 2023, page H2961.

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To designate the area between the intersections of International Drive, Northwest and Van Ness Street, Northwest and International Drive, Northwest and International Place, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Tiananmen Square Memorial Boulevard", and for other purposes.

Subjects

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Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 15, 2023Introduced in House

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