A bill introduced in the U.S. House on Wednesday would rename the former Black Lives Matter Plaza site in Washington, D.C., after conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

If passed, H.R. 6578 — the "Charlie Kirk Freedom of Speech Plaza Act" — could stir new tensions between the District and the Trump administration over the name of the intersection at 16th Street NW between H and K streets.

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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) introduced the bill three months to the day since Kirk's assassination. Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University in September.

"Three months ago, we lost a champion of free speech and a voice for millions of young Americans," Mace said in a statement about

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