United States HR 7102: Federal Workforce Civics Competency and Accountability Act

Bill Text

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119THCONGRESS 
2
DSESSION 
H. R. 7102 
To  amend  title  5,  United  States  Code,  to  require  Federal  civilian  career  
employees  to  pass  a  citizenship  test  as  a  condition  of  employment,  and  
for other purposes. 
IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  
JANUARY15, 2026 
Mr. H
AMADEHof Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A  BILL  
To  amend  title  5,  United  States  Code,  to  require  Federal  
civilian  career  employees  to  pass  a  citizenship  test  as  
a condition of employment, and for other purposes. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This  Act  may  be  cited  as  the  ‘‘Federal  Workforce  4
Civics Competency and Accountability Act’’. 5
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SEC.  2.  REQUIRING  FEDERAL  CIVILIAN  CAREER  EMPLOY-1
EES  TO  PASS  CITIZENSHIP  TEST  AS  CONDI-2
TION OF EMPLOYMENT. 3
Subchapter  I  of  chapter  33  of  title  5,  United  States  4
Code,  is  amended  by  adding  at  the  end  the  following  new  5
section (and conforming the table of contents at the begin-6
ning of such chapter accordingly): 7
‘‘§ 3330g.  Career  employees;  citizenship  test  require-8
ment 9
‘‘(a) A
PPOINTMENT.—An individual who fails to pass 10
the  citizenship  test  shall  be  ineligible  for  appointment—  11
‘‘(1)  to  a  position  in  the  competitive  service;  or  12
‘‘(2) as a career appointee. 13
‘‘(b)  C
URRENTEMPLOYEES.—Not  later  than  1  year  14
after  the  date  of  the  enactment  of  the  Federal  Workforce  15
Civics  Competency  and  Accountability  Act,  as  a  condition  16
of  continued  employment,  each  individual  who  is  a  career  17
employee on such date of enactment shall take the citizen-18
ship test. 19
‘‘(c) A
NNUALTESTING.— 20
‘‘(1)  I
N  GENERAL.—As  a  condition  of  continued  21
employment,  each  career  employee  shall  take  the  22
citizenship test annually. 23
‘‘(2)  R
E-TEST.—If  a  career  employees  receives  24
a  failing  grade  on  any  annual  test  under  paragraph  25
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(1),  such  career  employee  shall  take  a  citizenship  1
test consisting of all questions on such test. 2
‘‘(3)  D
ISCIPLINE.—A  career  employee  may  be  3
subject to disciplinary action, up to and including re-4
moval,  for  failing  to  pass  the  full  citizenship  test  5
under paragraph (2). 6
‘‘(d)   F
ORMAT.—The   citizenship   test   administered   7
pursuant to— 8
‘‘(1)  subsection  (a),  (b),  or  (c)(2)  shall  consist  9
of all questions on such test; and 10
‘‘(2)  subsection  (c)(1)  shall  consist  of  20  ques-11
tions,  randomly  selected,  from  the  full  citizenship  12
test. 13
‘‘(e)    P
ASSINGGRADE.—An    individual    shall    be    14
deemed  to  have  passed  the  citizenship  test  administered  15
pursuant to— 16
‘‘(1)  subsection  (a),  (b),  or  (c)(2)  if  such  indi-17
vidual  answers  at  least  90  percent  of  the  questions  18
on the test correctly; and 19
‘‘(2)  subsection  (c)(1)  if  such  employee  answers  20
15 out of 20 questions on such test correctly. 21
‘‘(f) A
DMINISTRATION.— 22
‘‘(1)  OPM.—The  Office  of  Personnel  Manage-23
ment,  in  consultation  with  the  U.S.  Citizenship  and  24
Immigration  Services,  shall  administer  the  citizen-25
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ship  test  under  this  section,  in  such  form  as  the  Of-1
fice considers appropriate. 2
‘‘(2)  S
YSTEM.—The  Office  shall  establish  and  3
maintain  a  website  and  other  necessary  electronic  4
systems  to  maintain  records  and  other  necessary  in-5
formation regarding the citizenship test. 6
‘‘(3)  S
TUDY   MATERIALS.—The  Office,  in  con-7
sultation  with  the  U.S.  Citizenship  and  Immigration  8
Services,  shall  provide  career  employees  and  appli-9
cants  for  employment  access  to  official  study  mate-10
rials  and  online  training  resources  for  purposes  of  11
taking the citizenship test under this section. 12
‘‘(4)  R
EPORT.—The  Office  shall  submit  an  an-13
nual  report  to  Congress  detailing  agency  compliance  14
rates,  test  results,  and  any  disciplinary  actions  taken  15
under this section. 16
‘‘(g) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section— 17
‘‘(1)  the  term  ‘career  appointee’  has  the  mean-18
ing  given  that  term  in  section  3132(a)  of  this  title;  19
‘‘(2) the term ‘career employe