To designate the area between the intersections of 18th Street Northwest and Church Street Northwest, and 18th Street Northwest and P Street Northwest, in the District of Columbia as "Jimmy Lai Way", and for other purposes.
HR 8125 is a symbolic resolution designating a specific area in Washington, D.C. (between 18th Street NW and Church/P Streets) as "Jimmy Lai Way," along with renaming the address 1520 18th Street NW to "1 Jimmy Lai Way NW." The bill includes congressional findings condemning Hong Kong authorities for imprisoning Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong media entrepreneur and democracy advocate, under the National Security Law, and urges his release. It also directs the U.S. Postal Service to redirect mail addressed to Hong Kong offices at the renamed D.C. address to their actual locations in San Francisco and New York. This is a non-binding gesture with no policy changes, solely focused on naming and mail routing.
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Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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