Requires the Interior Secretary to develop a program to clean up and beautify federal and District of Columbia areas and restore damaged monuments, and creates a commission of federal agencies that recommends steps to increase federal immigration enforcement and policing in the District.

Official title: Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote

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Introduced 09-SEP-2025

On the calendar 09-SEP-2025

Key points

Requires the Secretary of the Interior, within 30 days of enactment, to develop a program to keep federal and District facilities, public spaces, and transit areas clean, including removing graffiti.
Directs the program to restore federal monuments, memorials, and statues that have been damaged, defaced, or improperly removed, and to encourage private sector participation.
Requires an annual progress report, and the program and its reporting requirement terminate on January 2, 2029.
Establishes the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Commission in the executive branch, with representatives from federal law enforcement and prosecutors' offices, to recommend and review actions on immigration enforcement, policing, and transit crime; the commission also terminates on January 2, 2029.

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Policy area

Public Lands and Natural Resources

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