Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025
Latest action · Jun 16, 2026 Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 437.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 3, 2025
- Passed HouseMar 25, 2026
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Recorded votes 2
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 101 | On Passage | Passed218–206 | Mar 25, 2026 |
| House 100 | On Motion to Recommit | Failed207–214 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 9, 2025 to Dec 4, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Sep 9, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Sep 9, 2025 | |
| R-GA | Mike Collins | Sep 16, 2025 | |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Dec 4, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Sep 3, 2025Markup Sep 10, 2025Reported Jan 14, 2026 Mar 25, 2026 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 3, 2025Discharged Dec 17, 2025Markup Dec 17, 2025Reported Jan 14, 2026 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Nov 25, 2025Hearings Dec 2, 2025 |
Actions 25
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2026Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 437.
- Mar 26, 2026Received in the Senate.
- Mar 25, 2026Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1131. (consideration: CR H2698-2705)
- 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, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 5103.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2688–H2697, H2698–H2705Text printed H2688, H2698Amendments H2695Motions H2704Recorded votes H2696, H2697, H2704, H2705consideration (H. Res. 1131), previous questionenactMcClellan motion to recommit (prohibit donations for projects to alter any public buildings used by President or Vice President) | Clay Higgins R-LA, Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC, Erin Houchin R-IN, James P. McGovern D-MA (amendment), James R. Walkinshaw D-VA, Jennifer L. McClellan D-VA (motion), John J. McGuire III R-VA | Mar 25, 2026 |
| House | Lists H3829H.R. 5103–5124 | — | Sep 3, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee reports
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 3, 2025H.R. 5103, Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 10, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 144, September 3, 2025, page H3829.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R49032 | Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 119th Congress | Report | Jul 14, 2026 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAmdt 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. | Rules Committee | On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection. |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a program to Beautify the District of Columbia and establish the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Commission.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025
- Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2026
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
- Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To establish a program to Beautify the District of Columbia and establish the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Commission.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Advisory bodies
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Congressional oversight
- Crime prevention
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Department of the Interior
- District of Columbia
- Firearms and explosives
- Law enforcement officers
- Maryland
- Monuments and memorials
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public transit
- Virginia
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2026Placed on Calendar Senate
- Mar 25, 2026Engrossed in House
- Jan 14, 2026Reported in House
- Sep 3, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
