All Roll Calls
Yes: 425 • No: 420
119-hr-5103119th Congress
Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative McGuire, John J. [R-VA-5]
Passed House
Summary
Creates a temporary, federal-led effort to coordinate cleanup, monument restoration, and stronger law-enforcement coordination across Washington, D.C. This bill would establish an Interior-run beautification Program and an executive-branch Safe and Beautiful Commission to align federal and local action on safety and public spaces.
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2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Cleanup and monument repairs in Washington, DC
The Interior Department would set up a DC beautification program within 30 days after enactment. It would coordinate cleaning of federal and DC public places, including graffiti removal. It would restore damaged or defaced monuments and memorials when possible and seek help from private partners. The Secretary would report progress to Congress within one year and then each year. This authority would end on January 2, 2029.
Commission to coordinate DC public safety
A new District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Commission would be created, with a chair named within 45 days. Agencies listed in the bill would name members within 45 days, and the commission would file a charter and report to Congress. It would coordinate actions to cut crime and increase law-enforcement presence at key public sites, and support MPD hiring and the DC crime lab. It would press for maximum federal immigration enforcement in DC and review pretrial detention policies, as allowed by law. It would work with WMATA and Amtrak Police to reduce fare evasion and transit crime, and help speed and lower the cost of concealed-carry license processing. The commission would end on January 2, 2029.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
McGuire, John J. [R-VA-5]
VA • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
LA • R
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41]
CA • R
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10]
GA • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3]
MS • R
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 3/25/2026
On Motion to Recommit
Yes: 207 • No: 214
house vote • 3/25/2026
On Passage
Yes: 218 • No: 206