Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful Act of 2025

Enumerated powers · passes

Congress has explicit authority over the Seat of Government under Article I, Section 8, Clause 17, granting exclusive legislation over the District constituting the seat of government. Coordinating care of federal monuments, parks and roads in DC and advising on federal law enforcement and federal resources falls squarely within that grant, plus the Necessary and Proper Clause in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.

Bill of Rights · passes

No provision restricts speech, religion, press, assembly under the First Amendment, arms under the Second Amendment, or authorizes searches, seizures, or surveillance under the Fourth Amendment. The commission is advisory only and creates no criminal penalty, speech code, or enforcement power.

Individual liberty · passes

The bill imposes no mandate, prohibition, or penalty on any person's body, property, speech, labor, or belief. It directs federal agencies and an advisory commission, not private conduct. The government therefore bears no burden to justify a restriction because none exists, consistent with the Ninth Amendment and the liberty protected by the Fifth Amendment.

Decentralization · passes

For the federal District, federal coordination is the minimum necessary level. (1) Individuals cannot maintain national monuments, parks and arterial roads. (2) Local DC government alone cannot fund and manage federal parklands and monuments held by the United States. (3) No state has jurisdiction over DC. (4) The bill does not consolidate state or local police power upward; it creates an advisory commission and a maintenance coordination program that sunsets January 2, 2029, consistent with the Tenth Amendment reservation for matters outside federal districts.

Due process and takings · passes

No deprivation of life, liberty, or property under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. No arrest, detention, forfeiture, or seizure procedure is created, so presumption of innocence and procedural due process are untouched. No taking of private property for public use occurs, so no just compensation analysis under the Fifth Amendment Takings Clause is triggered.