Skip to main content
CivicGate

HR 5163
Introduced Re-checks Congress.gov for new actions and updates the bill's status, and fills in any sponsors, committees, or related bills that are missing. It does not re-pull sponsors/cosponsors/committees/related — those rarely change — and it skips all work if nothing has changed upstream, so it's cheap to click.

Clean and Managed Public Spaces Act

H. R. 5163 To prohibit camping on public property in the District of Columbia.

Introduced Sep 4, 2025

Latest action (Oct 14, 2025) Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 294.

Referred to
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Legislative subjects (3)
Criminal procedure and sentencingDistrict of ColumbiaHomelessness and emergency shelter

Summary

The Clean and Managed Public Spaces Act prohibits camping on public property in the District of Columbia without lawful authority. The bill defines camping as erecting or maintaining temporary structures such as tents or tarps for living accommodation, sleeping or preparing to sleep, or laying down sleeping bags or bedding material for sleep purposes, whether inside or outside a motor vehicle. Violations are subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)

Actions (6)
  1. Oct 14, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 294. · house
  2. Oct 14, 2025 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 119-342. · house
  3. Sep 10, 2025 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 20. · house
  4. Sep 10, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  5. Sep 4, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
  6. Sep 4, 2025 Introduced in House

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 1654 — CUTS Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 9770 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 5214 — District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 5242 — To repeal the Second Chance Amendment Act of 2022 and the Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act of 2016. (shares 2 subjects)
  • S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 (shares 2 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 2517 — A bill to impose criminal penalties for camping on public property in the District of Columbia. · Introduced Jul 29, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%
  • HR 1016 — Protecting Women’s Private Spaces Act · Introduced Feb 5, 2025 · Cong. 119 57%
  • HR 7551 — HILTON Act · Introduced Feb 12, 2026 · Cong. 119 56%
  • HR 5016 — Keep Offenders Off Our Streets Act. · Introduced Aug 22, 2025 · Cong. 119 56%
  • HR 534 — CONTAINER Act · Introduced Feb 20, 2025 · Cong. 119 55%
  • HR 1749 — Safe Storage Lockers for House Office Buildings Act · Introduced Feb 27, 2025 · Cong. 119 54%

Text versions (2)
  • Reported in House · Oct 14, 2025
  • Introduced in House · Sep 4, 2025

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 4, 2025

Mr. Timmons introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

October 14, 2025

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 4, 2025]

A BILL

To prohibit camping on public property in the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Clean and Managed Public Spaces Act”.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CAMPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Section 824 of the Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia, as approved March 3, 1901 (sec. 22-3302, D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(c)(1) Any person who, without lawful authority, engages in camping outdoors on public property in the District of Columbia shall be fined not more than $500, imprisoned for not more than 30 days, or both.

“(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘camping’ means erecting, placing, maintaining, or using temporary structures, including tents, tarps, and other temporary shelters for living accommodation activities, including sleeping or making preparations to sleep, sleeping inside or outside of a motor vehicle or making preparations to sleep outside of a motor vehicle, including laying down a sleeping bag, blanket, or other material used for bedding.”. Union Calendar No. 294

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 5163

[Report No. 119-342]

A BILL

To prohibit camping on public property in the District of Columbia.

October 14, 2025

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Comments

Comments

Loading comments…