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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Mar 3, 2025
This bill withholds certain highway funds from the District of Columbia (DC) unless DC removes the phrase Black Lives Matter from the portion of 16th Street NW that is between H Street NW and K Street NW (currently designated as Black Lives Matter Plaza) and redesignates the street as Liberty Plaza. In addition, DC must remove the phrase from websites, documents, and other materials which are under its jurisdiction.
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Transportation to withhold 50% of the annual Highway Trust Fund apportionment for DC on the first day of each fiscal year in which DC has not complied with these requirements.
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Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9] · R–GA
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-03-03 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This proposal would require the District of Columbia’s mayor to remove “Black Lives Matter” from a specified stretch of 16th Street and from all websites, documents, and other materials under District jurisdiction. The street would be renamed “Liberty Plaza.” Failure to comply would trigger withholding of half of the District’s federal funding allocated under the statutory provision named in the bill.
remove the phrase Black Lives Matter from— (A) 16th Street, N.W., between H Street, N.W., and K Street, N.W., in the District of Columbia
(B) each website, document, and other material under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia; and (2) redesignate such street as Liberty Plaza.
The Secretary shall withhold 50 percent of the amount required to be apportioned to the District of Columbia under section 104(b)
Within 60 days after enactment, the mayor would have to remove the phrase “Black Lives Matter” from 16th Street, N.W., between H Street and K Street, and from every website, document, and other material under District jurisdiction. The removal requirement contains no stated exceptions.
To be in compliance with this section, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section, shall— (1) remove the phrase Black Lives Matter from— (A) 16th Street, N.W., between H Street, N.W., and K Street, N.W., in the District of Columbia (symbolically designated as Black Lives Matter Plaza under the Black Lives Matter Plaza Designation Act of 2020 (sec. 9–204.01 note, D.C. Official Code); and (B) each website, document, and other material under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia;
The mayor would also have to rename that stretch of street “Liberty Plaza” within the same 60-day period.
the Mayor of the District of Columbia, not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section, shall—
(2) redesignate such street as Liberty Plaza.
The proposal would add section 180 to chapter 1 of title 23 of the United States Code. It would require the Secretary to withhold 50% of the funding otherwise required to be allocated to the District under section 104(b), on the first day of each federal fiscal year beginning after enactment in which the mayor has not complied. This penalty applies to that specified funding, not all federal funding for the District. No fixed expiration date is stated.
Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 180.
The Secretary shall withhold 50 percent of the amount required to be apportioned to the District of Columbia under section 104(b) on the first day of each fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this section in which the Mayor of the District of Columbia has not complied with the requirements of subsection (b).
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated June 18, 2025, records introduction in the House and referrals to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and its Subcommittee on Highways and Transit on March 3, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-06-18T20:12:28Z. 2025-03-03: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. 2025-03-03: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 2025-03-03: Introduced in House
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