HR 5172
119th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Strong Sentences for Safer D.C. Streets Act of 2025
Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 3, 2025
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 279.
Oct 3, 2025
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 119-326.
Sep 10, 2025
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 19.
Sep 10, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Sep 8, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Sep 8, 2025
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Strong Sentences for Safer D.C. Streets Act
This bill establishes and increases mandatory minimum sentences of imprisonment for specified crimes in the District of Columbia.
First, the bill mandates a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for first-degree murder (currently, the mandatory minimum sentence is 30 years imprisonment and the maximum sentence is life imprisonment without parole). The bill also repeals provisions that prohibit the sentencing of individuals under the age of 18 to life imprisonment without parole for first-degree murder.
The bill also establishes a mandatory minimum sentence of
- 10 years imprisonment for second-degree murder,
- 10 years imprisonment for kidnapping,
- 25 years imprisonment for first- degree sexual abuse, and
- 25 years imprisonment for rape.
Finally, the bill increases the mandatory minimum sentence for
- first-degree burglary from 5 years to 10 years imprisonment,
- unarmed carjacking from 7 years to 10 years imprisonment,
- armed carjacking from 15 years to 20 years imprisonment, and
- rape with a prior conviction of a crime of violence from 7 years to 30 years imprisonment.
What's happening now
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 279.