Federal agencies would add public-safety resources and inspections in Washington, D.C.

The National Park Service and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia shall hire additional personnel, while specified federal agencies shall create and train a specialized public-safety unit. These directions cover the District of Columbia and federal law-enforcement entities involved in the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force, with possible deployment to other cities under applicable law. Hiring and unit-building are subject to available funding and applicable law. The specialized unit may be deployed outside Washington, D.C., when public safety and order have been lost and applicable law allows it. The agencies shall immediately begin creating, training, staffing, hiring, and equipping the specialized unit; the order does not set an end date.

The Defense Secretary shall create and prepare a D.C. National Guard unit and make selected National Guard forces available for rapid mobilization. The D.C. unit is for public safety in the capital and is subject to Title 32 activation; state Guard forces may assist federal, state, and local law enforcement with civil disturbances nationwide. The D.C. unit must be activated under Title 32 and its members may be deputized to enforce federal law as permitted by law. State Guard assistance and nationwide deployment must be appropriate under applicable law and coordinated with state adjutants general. The Defense Secretary shall immediately begin these preparations and maintain a quick-reaction force available for rapid nationwide deployment.

HUD shall investigate possible safety-rule violations, Transportation shall conduct added transit inspections and audits, and the Attorney General shall review D.C. police orders. The housing reviews cover the D.C. Housing Authority and D.C. landlords with HUD agreements; transit reviews cover federally funded D.C. services; the police review covers Metropolitan Police Department general orders. HUD may refer findings to federal, D.C. housing, and Metropolitan Police authorities as appropriate. Transportation may take only corrective action within its legal authority. The Attorney General shall request that the D.C. mayor make changes the Attorney General considers necessary; the order does not itself change those police orders. The order requires these investigations, inspections, and review after the order’s August 25, 2025, signing, with no stated end date.