House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Strong Sentences for Safer D.C. Streets Act of 2025
Official title: To increase the mandatory minimum sentences applicable to certain crimes in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Andy Biggs R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 8, 2025
- Committee actionSep 10, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 3, 2025 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 279.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5172.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5172, Strong Sentences for Safer D.C. Streets Act of 2025” on October 3, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 10, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61795
- CBO publication date
- October 3, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5172, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5172
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-326 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on October 3, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 3, 2025 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/326
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5172, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5172
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BIGGS of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 146, September 8, 2025, Page H3893):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2025 ↗
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- Statement length
- 127 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5172, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5172
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec726ca7f2077423feb82dca787e82b843e84c21fb28704354df24e80f580ff2
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.