HR 5103 · 119th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025

Introduced September 03, 2025 Latest action March 26, 2026 4 cosponsors

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Mar 26, 2026

introduced Received in the Senate.

Mar 25, 2026

floor Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1131. (consideration: CR H2698-2705)

Mar 25, 2026

floor Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 8029, H. Res. 1128, H.R. 5103 and H.R. 7084. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 8029, H. Res. 1128, H.R. 5103, and H.R. 7084 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate on each measure. The resolution provides for one motion to recommit on H.R. 8029, H.R. 5103, and H.R. 7084.

Mar 25, 2026

floor DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 5103.

Mar 25, 2026

floor The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

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Roll call #100 — On Motion to Recommit

March 25, 2026 · Failed

207

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214

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Missed

D 207–0 (7 missed) R 0–213 (4 missed) I 0–1

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Roll call #101 — On Passage

March 25, 2026 · Passed

218

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206

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D 5–206 (3 missed) R 212–0 (5 missed) I 1–0

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00 Introduced in House Sep 03, 2025

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.

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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

-[H.R. 5103 Reported in House (RH)]

+[H.R. 5103 Engrossed in House (EH)]

<DOC>

-Union Calendar No. 390

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 5103

-[Report No. 119-455, Parts I and II]

+_______________________________________________________________________

+AN ACT

To establish a program to Beautify the District of Columbia and

establish the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Commission.

-_______________________________________________________________________

-IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

-September 3, 2025

-Mr. McGuire introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

-Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the

-Committee on Natural Resources, 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

-January 14, 2026

-Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment

-[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed

-in italic]

-January 14, 2026

-Additional sponsors: Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Calvert, Mr.

-Collins, and Mr. Guest

-January 14, 2026

-Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform with an

-amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State

-of the Union, and ordered to be printed

-[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed

-in boldface roman]

-[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on

-September 3, 2025]

-_______________________________________________________________________

-A BILL

-To establish a program to Beautify the District of Columbia and

-establish the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Commission.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled,

-SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

-This Act may be cited as the ``Make the District of Columbia Safe

-and Beautiful Act of 2026''.

-SEC. 2. PROGRAM TO BEAUTIFY DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

-(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 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 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 made

-toward achieving the purpose of the Program as described in subsection

-(b).

-(d) Sunset.--This section, and the Program established by this

-section, shall terminate on January 2, 2029.

-SEC. 3. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION.

-(a) Establishment.--There is established in the executive branch a

-District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Commission (hereafter the

-``Commission'').

-(b) Membership.--

-(1) In general.--The Commission shall be comprised of

-representatives of each of the following entities:

-(A) The Department of the Interior.

-(B) The Department of Transportation.

-(C) The Department of Homeland Security.

-(D) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.

-(E) The United States Marshals Service.

-(F) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and

-Explosives.

-(G) The United States Attorney's Office for the

-District of Columbia.

-(H) The United States Attorney's Office for the

-District of Maryland.

-(I) The United States Attorney's Office for the

-Eastern District of Virginia.

-(J) Such other entities of the Federal Government

-as may be determined by the Chair of the Commission.

-(2) Designation of members.--Not later than 45 days after

-the date of the enactment of this section (or, in the case of

-an entity described in subsection (b)(1)(J), not later than 45

-days after the Chair of the Commission designates the entity),

-the head of each entity described in subsection (b)(1) shall

-designate a representative of that entity to serve as the

-representative of the entity on the Commission.

-(c) Chair.--

-(1) Designation.--Not later than 45 days after the date of

-the enactment of this section, the President shall designate a

-senior level official from the Executive Office of the

-President to serve as the Chair of the Commission.

-(2) Functions.--The Chair shall perform functions that

-include the following:

-(A) Developing a schedule of meetings for the

-Commission.

-(B) Designating entities who shall be represented

-on the Commission under subsection (b)(1)(J).

-(C) In consultation with the members of the

-Commission, developing a charter for the Commission

-and, not later than 7 days after the date on which the

-charter is completed, submitting the charter to the

-appropriate committees of Congress.

-(d) Functions and Authorities.--

-(1) Functions.--The functions of the Commission are to

-recommend actions, and review the effectiveness of such

-actions, with respect to the following:

-(A) Developing and encouraging the implementation

-of polices which will direct the maximum enforcement of

-Federal immigration law within the District of

-Columbia, including policies to encourage the

-redirection of available Federal, State, or local law

-enforcement resources to apprehend and deport illegal

-aliens.

-(B) Monitoring the District of Columbia's

-sanctuary-city status and compliance with the

-enforcement of Federal immigration law.

-(C) Facilitating the prompt and complete

-accreditation of the District of Columbia's forensic

-crime laboratory.

-(D) In collaboration with its leadership and union,

-ensuring that the Metropolitan Police Department of the

-District of Columbia is provided with assistance to

-facilitate the recruitment, retention, and capabilities

-of its officers and facilitating the provision of

-Federal personnel, resources, and expertise to reduce

-crime.

-(E) Collaborating with appropriate local government

-entities to provide assistance to increase the speed

-and lower the cost of processing concealed carry

-license requests in the District of Columbia.

-(F) Reviewing and, as appropriate, recommending

-revisions to Federal prosecutorial policies on pretrial

-detention of criminal defendants to ensure that

-individuals who pose a genuine threat to public safety

-are detained to the maximum extent permitted by law.

-(G) Collaborating with appropriate local government

-entities to provide assistance to end fare evasion and

-other crime within the Washington Metropolitan Area

-Transit Authority system.

-(H) Facilitating the deployment of a more robust

-Federal law enforcement presence, and in coordination

-with local law enforcement agencies, facilitating the

-deployment of a more robust local law enforcement

-presence (as appropriate) within the District of

-Columbia, including the National Mall and Memorial

-Parks, museums, monuments, Lafayette Park, Union

-Station, Rock Creek Park, Anacostia Park, the George

-Washington Memorial Parkway, the Suitland Parkway, and

-the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.

-(2) Coordination with other authorities.--The Commission

-may, to the extent permitted by law, request operational

-assistance from and coordinate with Federal and local officials

-as appropriate, including the Metropolitan Police Department of

-the District of Columbia, the Washington Metropolitan Area

-Transit Authority, the United States Park Police, and the

-Amtrak Police.

-(e) Report.--The Commission shall submit a report to the

-appropriate committees of Congress which includes a summary of the

-functions and authorities carried out pursuant to subsection (d), and

-shall include in the report such recommendations for legislation as the

-Commission considers appropriate.

-(f) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section,

-the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--

-(1) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the

-House of Representatives; and

-(2) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental

-Affairs of the Senate.

-(g) Sunset.--This section, and the Commission established by this

-section, shall terminate on January 2, 2029.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

@@ -380,31 +180,21 @@

Affairs of the Senate.

(g) Sunset.--This section, and the Commission established by this

section, shall terminate on January 2, 2029.

-Union Calendar No. 390

+Passed the House of Representatives March 25, 2026.

+Attest:

+Clerk.

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 5103

-[Report No. 119-455, Parts I and II]

_______________________________________________________________________

-A BILL

+AN ACT

To establish a program to Beautify the District of Columbia and

establish the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Commission.

-_______________________________________________________________________

-January 14, 2026

-Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment

-January 14, 2026

-Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform with an

-amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State

-of the Union, and ordered to be printed

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