I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
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 
JANUARY 15, 2026 
Mr. HAMADEH of 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-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Workforce 
Civics Competency and Accountability Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIRING FEDERAL CIVILIAN CAREER EMPLOY-
EES TO PASS CITIZENSHIP TEST AS CONDI-
TION OF EMPLOYMENT. 
Subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section (and conforming the table of contents at the begin-
ning of such chapter accordingly): 
‘‘§ 3330g. Career employees; citizenship test require-
ment 
‘‘(a) APPOINTMENT.—An individual who fails to pass 
the citizenship test shall be ineligible for appointment— 
‘‘(1) to a position in the competitive service; or 
‘‘(2) as a career appointee. 
‘‘(b) CURRENT EMPLOYEES.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of the Federal Workforce 
Civics Competency and Accountability Act, as a condition 
of continued employment, each individual who is a career 
employee on such date of enactment shall take the citizen-
ship test. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL TESTING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of continued 
employment, each career employee shall take the 
citizenship test annually. 
‘‘(2) RE-TEST.—If a career employees receives 
a failing grade on any annual test under paragraph 
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(1), such career employee shall take a citizenship 
test consisting of all questions on such test. 
‘‘(3) DISCIPLINE.—A career employee may be 
subject to disciplinary action, up to and including re-
moval, for failing to pass the full citizenship test 
under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(d) FORMAT.—The citizenship test administered 
pursuant to— 
‘‘(1) subsection (a), (b), or (c)(2) shall consist 
of all questions on such test; and 
‘‘(2) subsection (c)(1) shall consist of 20 ques-
tions, randomly selected, from the full citizenship 
test. 
‘‘(e) PASSING
GRADE.—An individual shall be 
deemed to have passed the citizenship test administered 
pursuant to— 
‘‘(1) subsection (a), (b), or (c)(2) if such indi-
vidual answers at least 90 percent of the questions 
on the test correctly; and 
‘‘(2) subsection (c)(1) if such employee answers 
15 out of 20 questions on such test correctly. 
‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATION.— 
‘‘(1) OPM.—The Office of Personnel Manage-
ment, in consultation with the U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services, shall administer the citizen-
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ship test under this section, in such form as the Of-
fice considers appropriate. 
‘‘(2) SYSTEM.—The Office shall establish and 
maintain a website and other necessary electronic 
systems to maintain records and other necessary in-
formation regarding the citizenship test. 
‘‘(3) STUDY MATERIALS.—The Office, in con-
sultation with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services, shall provide career employees and appli-
cants for employment access to official study mate-
rials and online training resources for purposes of 
taking the citizenship test under this section. 
‘‘(4) REPORT.—The Office shall submit an an-
nual report to Congress detailing agency compliance 
rates, test results, and any disciplinary actions taken 
under this section. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘career appointee’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 3132(a) of this title; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘career employee’— 
‘‘(A) means— 
‘‘(i) an employee occupying a position 
in the competitive service; and 
‘‘(ii) any career appointee; and 
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‘‘(B) does not include any civil service po-
sition that is excepted from the competitive 
service because of its confidential or policy-mak-
ing character; and 
‘‘(3) the term ‘citizenship test’ means the test 
administered for purposes of determining eligibility 
for naturalization of an alien in accordance with sec-
tion 312(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act.’’. 
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