Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill creates a federal-local program to beautify the District of Columbia. Within 30 days, the Interior Secretary must develop a plan with the Attorney General, Transportation Secretary, D.C. Mayor, U.S. Attorney for D.C., General Services Administration, and other federal and D.C. officials. The program must coordinate cleanliness and maintenance of federal and D.C. facilities, monuments, land, public spaces, sidewalks, parks, highways, roads, transit systems, and commonly visited areas, including graffiti removal. It must also restore damaged, defaced, inappropriately removed, or changed federal monuments, memorials, statues, markers, and similar properties.
The bill also establishes the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Commission in the executive branch. Members include Interior, Transportation, Homeland Security, FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, ATF, U.S. Attorney offices for D.C., Maryland, and the Eastern District of Virginia, and other federal entities designated by the chair. Agency heads must designate representatives within 45 days, and the Commission must coordinate safety, beautification, and related planning.
Who Benefits and How
District of Columbia residents benefit from coordinated graffiti removal, public-space maintenance, monument restoration, and safety planning. Visitors to federal monuments and memorials benefit from restoration and maintenance of commonly visited areas. Interior Department public-land managers benefit from statutory authority to convene federal and D.C. partners. D.C. transportation and public works officials benefit from a federal coordination structure for roads, transit systems, sidewalks, parks, and public spaces. Federal law-enforcement agencies benefit from a Commission structure that brings together FBI, Marshals, ATF, and U.S. Attorney offices.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Interior Department program staff must develop the beautification program within 30 days. Participating federal agencies must designate representatives and coordinate across the Commission. D.C. officials must coordinate with federal agencies on facilities, roads, parks, transit systems, and public spaces. Monument and facilities maintenance teams must carry out restoration, graffiti removal, and site repairs. Commission staff must handle meetings, planning, and interagency follow-through.
Key Provisions
- Requires Interior to develop a D.C. beautification program within 30 days.
- Requires consultation with Justice, Transportation, the D.C. Mayor, U.S. Attorney for D.C., GSA, and other officials.
- Directs coordination for cleanliness of facilities, monuments, parks, sidewalks, roads, transit systems, and public spaces.
- Requires restoration of damaged or defaced federal monuments, memorials, statues, markers, and similar properties.
- Establishes a District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Commission with federal law-enforcement and agency representatives.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires Interior to create a District of Columbia beautification program within 30 days and establishes a District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Commission of federal law-enforcement, transportation, homeland-security, Interior, and D.C.-area officials to coordinate cleanliness, monument restoration, public-space maintenance, and safety planning.
Key Policy Areas
District of Columbia, Public Safety, Public Lands, Intergovernmental Coordination
Primary Purpose
Requires Interior to create a District of Columbia beautification program within 30 days and establishes a District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Commission of federal law-enforcement, transportation, homeland-security, Interior, and D.C.-area officials to coordinate cleanliness, monument restoration, public-space maintenance, and safety planning.
Policy Domains
House resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- District of Columbia residents
- Visitors to federal monuments
- Interior Department public-land managers
- D.C. transportation officials
- Federal law-enforcement agencies
- D.C. public works officials
Identified Costs
- Interior Department program staff
- Participating federal agencies
- D.C. officials
- Monument maintenance teams
- Commission staff
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedRead twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. …
Received in the Senate.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 218 - …
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas …
On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: …
The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered …
Ms. McClellan moved to recommit to the Committee on Oversight …
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
D.C. public safety officials, D.C. transportation officials, District of Columbia residents
Positive-direction: District of Columbia residents
Negative-direction: D.C. public safety officials, D.C. transportation officials, Interior Department Commission staff, Interior Department program staff, Monument maintenance teams
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary"
- → Secretary of the Interior
- "commission"
- → District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Commission
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