H.R. 5163

Summary

H.R. 5163, the Clean and Managed Public Spaces Act, was introduced in the House on Sep 4, 2025 by Rep. William Timmons (R). It last saw action on Oct 14, 2025: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 294.

Record

Text

H.R. 5163 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 5163 IH: To prohibit camping on public property in the District of Columbia.
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-09-04
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5163  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    A BILL
To prohibit camping on public property in the District of Columbia.
1.
Prohibition on camping on public property in District of Columbia
(a)
In general
Beginning on and after the date of the enactment of this Act, it shall be unlawful in the District of Columbia to camp outdoors on public property.
(b)
Penalty
Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be fined not more than $500, imprisoned for not more than 30 days, or both.
(c)
Camp defined
In this section, the term  camp  means to use any material to set up, maintain, or establish a temporary place of abode.

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. William Timmons (R) sponsors H.R. 5163 alone.

William Timmons

Rep. · R–SC-4 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 5163 went before 1 committee: Oversight and Government Reform.

Oversight and Government Reform

Oversight and Government Reform

Reported By · Oct 14, 2025 · 696 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 5163, the latest H. Rept. 119-342.

• H. Rept. 119-342 — CLEAN AND MANAGED PUBLIC SPACES ACT

Actions

H.R. 5163 has taken 6 actions since Sep 4, 2025, the latest on Oct 14, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 5163 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5163 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Clean and Managed Public Spaces Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• Clean and Managed Public Spaces Act — Display Title
• To prohibit camping on public property in the District of Columbia. — Official Title as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for H.R. 5163, the latest on Oct 3, 2025.

• H.R. 5163, Clean and Managed Public Spaces Act, — 2025-10-03As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 10, 2025

Lobbying

8 clients hired 8 firms and 21 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5163 in 9 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Pharmacy, Budget/Appropriations, Medicare/Medicaid, Government Issues, Immigration, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties.

Clients

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Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 21.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5163 under Crime and Law Enforcement, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5163’s is Crime and Law Enforcement.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 5163 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Criminal procedure and sentencing to Homelessness and emergency shelter.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 5163, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 145 (Thursday, September 4, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. TIMMONS:H.R. 5163.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article One, Section 8, United States Constitution[Page H3863]

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