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.
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5103 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5103
To establish a program to Beautify the District of Columbia and
establish the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Commission.
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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
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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''.
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.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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.
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.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 19.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 16.
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Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-455, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-455, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 119-455, Part II.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 119-455, Part II.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 390.