H.R. 5103
Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025
Sponsor: John J. McGuire III
4 cosponsors
Official summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service.
Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act
This bill establishes a commission in the executive branch to advise on certain criminal and immigration matters in the District of Columbia (DC). It also establishes a federal program to ensure that commonly visited areas in DC are cleaned and maintained. (On March 27, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful, which established a similar task force and program.)
First, the bill establishes a commission made up of representatives from the U.S. Attorneys' Offices for DC, Maryland, and Virginia; specified federal agencies; and other designated federal entities. The commission must recommend actions to, among other tasks, address enforcement of federal immigration law in DC, facilitate the provision of federal resources to reduce crime, and assist with recruitment and retention of DC's Metropolitan Police Department officers.
Next, the bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish a program to coordinate and maintain the cleanliness of commonly visited areas in DC, including monuments, parks, and roads. The program must also restore damaged or removed federal public monuments and similar properties.
The bill's provisions terminate on January 2, 2029.
Text of the bill
Where this section came from
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Sep 3, 2025 · Introduced in House Referred to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Sep 3 Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources, Sep 3
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Mar 25, 2026 · Engrossed in House H.Amdt. 171: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1131, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, printed in the bill, is considered adopted. Official page › H.Res. 1131: On Ordering the Previous Question — Passed, 212–210 · Roll Call 98 H.Res. 1131: On Agreeing to the Resolution — Passed, 214–210 · Roll Call 99 On Motion to Recommit — Failed, 207–214 · Roll Call 100On Passage — Passed, 218–206 · Roll Call 101
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(b) Purpose. The purpose of the Program is to establish and implement a plan for Federal and local officials to—
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(2) restore , to the extent practicable, District of Columbia and Federal public monuments, memorials, statues, markers, and similar properties that have been damaged or defaced or inappropriately removed or changed; and
(3) encourage private-sector participation in the efforts of the Program.
(c) Report. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate that includes a summary of the progress
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(d) Sunset. This section, and the Program established by this section, shall terminate on January 2, 2029.
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(a) Establishment
(1) In general. Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter the Secretary) shall develop a program to beautify the District of Columbia (hereinafter the Program).
(2) Consultation. The Secretary, when establishing the Program, shall consult with each of the following:
(A) The Attorney General.
(B) The Secretary of Transportation.
(C) The Mayor of the District of Columbia.
(D) The United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.
(E) The Administrator of General Services.
(F) The heads of such other Federal departments and agencies and District of Columbia officials as the Secretary deems appropriate.
(b) Purpose. The purpose of the Program is to establish and implement a plan for Federal and local officials to—
(1) coordinate, and maintain, the cleanliness, of Federal and District of Columbia facilities, monuments, land, public spaces, sidewalks, parks, highways, roads, transit systems, and other commonly visited areas within the District of Columbia, including through the removal of graffiti;
(2) restore, to the extent practicable, District of Columbia and Federal public monuments, memorials, statues, markers, and similar properties that have been damaged or defaced or inappropriately removed or changed; and
(3) encourage private-sector participation in the efforts of the Program.
(c) Report. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate that includes a summary of the progress of the Program and the plan as described in subsection (b).
(d) Sunset. This section, and the Program established by this section, shall terminate on January 2, 2029.