House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
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 Payá Way".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2023
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Feb 28, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1239.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DIAZ-BALART, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 38, February 28, 2023, Page H971):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill designates the area between the intersections of 16th Street, NW and Fuller Street, NW and 16th Street, NW and Euclid Street, NW in the District of Columbia as Oswaldo Paya Way.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 285 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1239, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1239
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.