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H.R. 5103 · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025
Introduced Sep 3, 2025 · Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 437.
What does this mean?

This law sets up a group of federal officials—pulled from prosecutors' offices in DC, Maryland, and Virginia plus other federal agencies—whose job is to recommend ways to step up immigration enforcement in DC, send more federal help toward fighting crime there, and make it easier for the city's police department to hire and keep officers. It also puts the Department of the Interior (the federal agency that manages national parks and monuments) in charge of a new effort to keep DC's popular tourist spots—like monuments, parks, and major roads—cleaned up and to repair or replace any federal monuments that have been damaged or taken down. So the people most affected are DC residents and visitors, who may see more federal involvement in policing and immigration enforcement plus more upkeep of public spaces, while DC's police department could get federal support with staffing. These changes are set to expire automatically on January 2, 2029, unless something else happens before then.

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Bill Lifecycle
Real action history from Congress.gov — where this bill is in the process, and every recorded step along the way.
Introduced in House
Sep 3, 2025
Referred to Committee
Sep 3, 2025
Passed House
Mar 25, 2026
Received in Senate
Mar 26, 2026
Full action history (25)
Sep 3, 2025Introduced in House
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 10, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Sep 10, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 19.
Nov 25, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Dec 2, 2025Subcommittee Hearings Held
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