Key Points

Congress would undo most of Washington, DC’s 2022 policing and justice reform law, rolling back those changes.
The bill says older DC laws that were changed or removed by the 2022 reform law would come back into effect.
Two parts of the 2022 law would stay in place, but the bill text does not explain in plain language what those sections cover.
If enacted, this could change how DC police are overseen and what rules officers must follow, which can affect daily safety and how complaints are handled.
This is a federal move that overrides a local DC Council law, so DC residents and officers would feel the effects most directly.

Criminal JusticeCivil Rights

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Personal Impact

How this policy affects specific groups of people

Mixed Impacts(1)

Criminal Record

Neutral

State Impacts

District of ColumbiaDC

Mixed

The bill directly targets DC law by repealing most of DC’s 2022 policing and justice reform act and restoring older rules, while keeping two specified subtitles in place. This could change day-to-day policing standards, accountability processes, and how arrests/investigations are handled in DC. DC agencies would likely need to rewrite policies and retrain staff during the transition.

Milestones

3 milestones17 actions

Nov 20, 2025Senate

Received in the Senate.

The Senate has received the House-passed bill and will decide whether to take it up.

Nov 19, 2025House

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Nov 19, 2025House

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 233 - 190 (Roll no. 299). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4800-4801)

Nov 19, 2025

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 233 - 190 (Roll no. 299). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4800-4801)

The House of Representatives voted to approve this bill. It now goes to the Senate.

Nov 19, 2025House

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4806-4807)

Vote Results

1 vote

HousePassedPassageNov 19, 2025

On Passage

233

190

Democrat

20 – 190 · 4

Republican

213 – 0 · 6

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Related Bills

2 bills

H.Res. 879Related bill

Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 80) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to ''National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Integrated Activity Plan Record of Decision''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 130) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to ''Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 131) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to ''Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Record of Decision''; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 58) denouncing the horrors of socialism; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1949) to repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3109) to require the Secretary of Energy to direct the National Petroleum Council to issue a report with respect to petrochemical refineries in the United States, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5107) to repeal the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022 enacted by the District of Columbia Council; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5214) to require mandatory pretrial and post conviction detention for crimes of violence and dangerous crimes and require mandatory cash bail for certain offenses that pose a threat to public safety or order in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.

Nov 18 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

S. 2687Identical bill

CLEAN DC Act

Sep 2 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Common-Sense Law Enforcement and Accountability Now in DC Act of 2025

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