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H.R. 5103 (119th): Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act

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.

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Recorded summary

The bill creates an executive-branch commission, drawn from the U.S. Attorneys' Offices for DC, Maryland, and Virginia, specified federal agencies, and other designated federal entities. The commission must recommend actions on enforcing federal immigration law in DC, facilitating federal resources to reduce crime, and helping recruit and retain Metropolitan Police Department officers. The bill also directs the Department of the Interior to create a program to keep commonly visited DC areas (monuments, parks, roads) clean and maintained, and to restore damaged or removed federal monuments and similar properties. Its provisions terminate on January 2, 2029. The summary notes that a similar task force and program were established by a March 27, 2025 executive order.

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Theological note: This measure bears on the civil duties of public order, the just use of government authority, and stewardship of shared public spaces and memorials. Restraining real crime and protecting the lawful care of public property can reflect general equity. Questions about immigration enforcement, federal centralization in a district with local governance, and whether restoration of monuments is handled honestly and proportionately are prudential matters that call for careful judgment rather than a final moral verdict.

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Roll 100 · 25-Mar-2026 3:22 PM · On Motion to Recommit · Failed

Yea 207 · Nay 214 · Other 11

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Roll 101 · 25-Mar-2026 3:29 PM · On Passage · Passed

Yea 218 · Nay 206 · Other 8

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