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H.R. 5172119th CongressCrime and Law Enforcement
Strong Sentences for Safer D.C. Streets Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) · 2 active : 2 Republicans
Latest action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 279.
Where it standsBefore the House45 representatives score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- House: next
- Senate: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govStrong 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.
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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.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Crimes against property
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- District of Columbia
- Motor vehicles
- Sex offenses
- Violent crime
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
2 activeShow all 2 cosponsors
- Byron Donalds (R-FL-19)
- Clay Higgins (R-LA-3)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
