Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025

[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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