I 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 
Mr. MCGUIRE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a program to Beautify the District of Columbia 
and establish the District of Columbia Safe and Beau-
tiful Commission. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary of the Interior (hereinafter the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
shall develop a program to beautify the District of 
Columbia (hereinafter the ‘‘Program’’). 
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary, when es-
tablishing 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 Colum-
bia. 
(D) The United States Attorney for the 
District of Columbia. 
(E) The Administrator of General Services. 
(F) The heads of such other Federal de-
partments and agencies and District of Colum-
bia officials as the Secretary deems appropriate. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Program is to es-
tablish a plan for Federal and local officials to— 
(1) coordinate, and maintain, the cleanliness, of 
Federal and District of Columbia facilities, monu-
ments, land, public spaces, sidewalks, parks, high-
ways, roads, transit systems, and other commonly 
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visited areas within the District of Columbia, includ-
ing through the removal of graffiti; 
(2) restore Federal public monuments, memo-
rials, statues, markers, and similar properties that 
have been damaged or defaced or inappropriately re-
moved 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 Re-
sources of the House of Representatives and the Commit-
tees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and 
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate that in-
cludes 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 estab-
lished 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 ex-
ecutive branch a District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful 
Commission (hereafter the ‘‘Commission’’). 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
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(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 Secu-
rity. 
(D) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
(E) The United States Marshals Service. 
(F) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-
arms 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 Gov-
ernment 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 sub-
section (b)(1)(J), not later than 45 days after the 
Chair of the Commission designates the entity), the 
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