Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025
Introduced Sep 3, 2025 by Rep. John J. McGuire
The House passed it. The Senate has to pass it before it can reach the President.
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.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
- Jun 16, 2026Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 437.
- Mar 26, 2026Received in the Senate.
- Mar 25, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 25, 2026On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 218 - 206 (Roll no. 101). (text: CR H2698-2699)
- Mar 25, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 218 - 206 (Roll no. 101).
- Mar 25, 2026On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 207 - 214 (Roll no. 100).
- Mar 25, 2026The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
- Mar 25, 2026Ms. McClellan moved to recommit to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (CR H2704)
- Mar 25, 2026The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- Mar 25, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 5103.
- Mar 25, 2026Rule 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, 2026Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1131. (consideration: CR H2698-2705)
- Mar 24, 2026Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1131 Reported to House. 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.
- Jan 14, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 390.
- Jan 14, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 119-455, Part II.
- Jan 14, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-455, Part I.
- Dec 17, 2025Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 16.
- Dec 17, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Dec 17, 2025Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
- Dec 2, 2025Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Nov 25, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Sep 10, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 19.
- Sep 10, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 3, 2025Referred 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.
- Sep 3, 2025Introduced in House