H.R. 7894

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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Union Calendar No. 633
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7894

[Report No. 119-728]

To make improvements to the Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act, 
and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 12, 2026

Ms. Stefanik introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Workforce

July 2, 2026

Additional sponsor: Ms. Foxx

July 2, 2026

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
12, 2026]

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A BILL

To make improvements to the Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act, 
and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Truman Scholarship Clean House 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

Section 3 of the Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act (20 U.S.C. 
2002) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (6) as 
paragraphs (2) through (7), respectively; and
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, 
the following:
``(1) `affiliated with', when used with respect to an 
individual's relationship to a certain political party, means 
that the individual--
``(A) is a registered member of that political 
party;
``(B) is a current or former holder of elected 
public office from that political party;
``(C) is a current or former candidate for public 
office from that political party;
``(D) is a current or former political appointee 
associated with that political party;
``(E) is a current staffer of--
``(i) a holder of elected public office 
from that political party;
``(ii) a candidate of that political party; 
or
``(iii) a fundraising organization for such 
members or candidates; or
``(F) is a current or former judicial appointee 
nominated or otherwise selected by a holder of elected 
public office from that political party.''.

SEC. 3. HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION.

(a) Board of Trustees.--Section 5 of the Harry S Truman Memorial 
Scholarship Act (20 U.S.C. 2004) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``The Board shall 
be composed of'' and all that follows through the end 
of subparagraph (D); and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) The Board shall be composed of 13 members, as follows:
``(A) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives.
``(B) One member appointed by the minority leader of the 
House of Representatives.
``(C) One member appointed by the majority leader of the 
Senate.
``(D) One member appointed by the minority leader of the 
Senate.
``(E) Eight members, not more than four of whom may be 
affiliated with the same political party at the time of 
appointment, to be appointed by the President with the advice 
and consent of the Senate.
``(F) The Secretary of Education or the Secretary's 
designee, who shall serve ex officio as a member of the Board, 
but shall not be eligible to serve as Chairperson.'';
(2) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
``(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the term of office of 
each member of the Board (other than Secretary of Education or the 
Secretary's designee serving ex officio) shall be six years.
``(2) As designated by the President at the time of appointment, of 
the members first appointed under subsection (b)(2)(E) after the date 
of enactment of this paragraph--
``(A) three shall be appointed for terms of two years;
``(B) three shall be appointed for terms of four years; and
``(C) two shall be appointed for terms of six years.
``(3) Any member of the Board appointed to fill a vacancy shall 
serve for the remainder of the term for which the member's predecessor 
was appointed, and shall be appointed in the same manner as the 
original appointment for that vacancy was made.
``(4) No member of the Board (other than the Secretary of Education 
or the Secretary's designee serving ex officio) may serve more than two 
six-year terms, regardless of whether the terms are consecutive. A 
member described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (2) who serves 
an initial term of less than six years, may serve up to two additional 
six-year terms following the expiration of such member's initial 
term.''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Seven members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.''.
(b) Transition and Implementation.--
(1) Dissolution of existing board of trustees.--Effective 
on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship 
Foundation (as established under section 5 of the Harry S 
Truman Memorial Scholarship Act (20 U.S.C. 2004)) is dissolved 
and all members of the Board are terminated.
(2) Appointment of new members.--As soon as practicable 
after the effective date specified in paragraph (1), new 
members shall be appointed to the Board of Trustees of the 
Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation in accordance with 
section 5 of the Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act (20 
U.S.C. 2004), as amended by subsection (a).

SEC. 4. SELECTION OF TRUMAN SCHOLARS.

Section 7 of the Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act (20 U.S.C. 
2006) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) by inserting ``the eligibility requirements 
described in subsection (c) and'' before ``minimum 
criteria''; and
(B) by inserting ``in accordance with subsection 
(d)(4)'' before the period at the end;
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(c) A student is eligible to be nominated for a scholarship under 
this Act if such student--
``(1) is--
``(A) a full-time undergraduate student enrolled at 
an institution of higher education who will receive a 
bachelor's degree in the academic year following the 
academic year in which the student is applying for a 
scholarship; or
``(B) a full-time senior level student from the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or from The Islands (as 
defined in section 1801.2(b) of title 45, Code of 
Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the 
enactment of this subsection));
``(2) is enrolled in a course of study that qualifies the 
student for admission to a graduate program leading to a career 
in public service;
``(3) has a demonstrated record of academic excellence; and
``(4) is a citizen or national of the United States or a 
permanent resident of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands.
``(d)(1) The Foundation shall establish and maintain Regional 
Review Panels for purposes of carrying out subsection (a).
``(2) Each Regional Review Panel shall be responsible for selecting 
scholarship recipients from one or more States assigned to the Panel by 
the Board.
``(3)(A) Each Regional Review Panel shall consist of not fewer than 
five members, each of whom shall be appointed on an annual basis by an 
affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the members of the 
Board.
``(B) Not more than half of the members of a Regional Review Panel 
may be affiliated with the same political party at the time of 
appointment.
``(4) In selecting students to be scholarship recipients under this 
Act, each Regional Review Panel--
``(A) shall select students based on--
``(i) the extent and quality of community service 
and government involvement of the student;
``(ii) the leadership record of the student;
``(iii) the academic performance of the student, 
including with respect to and writing and analytical 
skills; and
``(iv) the suitability and appropriateness of the 
student's proposed graduate program of study for a 
career in public service;
``(B) shall not select any student who--
``(i) served as a leader, officer, director, or 
organizer of a student organization recognized by the 
institution of higher education at which the student is 
enrolled at time of an incident or conduct that led to 
the suspension or expulsion of such organization from 
such institution;
``(ii) has been suspended or expelled by an 
institution of higher education due to a violation of 
such institution's code of conduct or other 
disciplinary action by such institution; or
``(iii) has been convicted by any Federal, State, 
or local court of competent jurisdiction of a felony; 
and
``(C) may not disfavor or otherwise apply adverse 
considerations to a student because the student intends to 
pursue a particular type of graduate degree, including with 
respect to a Master of Business Administration degree or Doctor 
of Medicine degree.''.

SEC. 5. TERMINATION OF TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP.

Section 9 of the Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act (20 U.S.C. 
2008) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``in accordance with 
subsection (c) and'' after ``provided in this Act''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(c)(1) In accordance with paragraph (2), a student awarded a 
scholarship under the provisions of this Act may not continue to 
receive the payments provided in this Act if, at any point after the 
date on which the scholarship is received, the student--
``(A) with respect to a report or request required by the 
Foundation--
``(i) fails to submit such a report or request; or
``(ii) provides false, misleading, or materially 
incomplete information on any such report or request;
``(B) fails to begin use of the scholarship within four 
years of the date of receipt of a bachelor's degree, unless 
granted an extension in writing by the Foundation;
``(C) serves as a leader, officer, director, or organizer 
of a student organization recognized by the institution of 
higher education at which the student is enrolled at time of an 
incident or conduct that leads to the suspension or expulsion 
of such organization from such institution;
``(D) is suspended or expelled by the institution of higher 
education at which the student is enrolled due to a violation 
of the institution's code of conduct or other disciplinary 
action by the institution; or
``(E) is convicted by any Federal, State, or local court of 
competent jurisdiction of a felony.
``(2)(A) The Foundation may not stop the payments provided in this 
Act without first affording the student--
``(i) reasonable notice, which shall include the reason for 
stopping such payments identified under subsection (a) or 
subsection (c)(1) and any additional relevant information, as 
determined by the Foundation; and
``(ii) opportunity for a hearing.
``(B) If the Foundation, after reasonable notice and opportunity 
for hearing, finds that a student does not meet the conditions of 
receiving payment in accordance with subsection (a) or subsection 
(c)(1), the Foundation shall--
``(i) stop the payments provided in this Act for such 
student; and
``(ii) provide written notice to such student, which shall 
include the reason for stopping such payments identified under 
subsection (a) or subsection (c)(1) and any additional relevant 
information, as determined by the Foundation.
``(d) A student whose payments are stopped pursuant to subsection 
(a) or subsection (c)(1) or an individual who fails to be employed in 
public service for three out of the first seven years of employment 
following completion of the graduate degree for which the individual 
used such payments shall repay to the Foundation an amount equal to the 
sum of--
``(1) the total amount of payments provided in this Act to 
such student; and
``(2) interest at the rate of 6 percent per annum on the 
total amount described in paragraph (1).
``(e) The Foundation shall ensure all scholarship recipients are 
notified of the conditions that apply to receiving payments provided in 
this Act as described in this section, prior to the date of the first 
such payment.''.

SEC. 6. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF FOUNDATION.

(a) In General.--Section 12 of the Harry S Truman Memorial 
Scholarship Act (20 U.S.C. 2011) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``who shall be appointed 
by the Board'' and inserting ``who shall be appointed by an 
affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the members of 
the Board''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(c) The Executive Secretary shall serve a term of 4 years and may 
be reappointed to up to two additional terms of four years in 
accordance with subsection (a).''.
(b) Appointment.--Not later than 90 days after a quorum of the 
members of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship 
Foundation have been appointed in accordance with section 3(b)(2) of 
this Act, the Board shall appoint an Executive Secretary of the 
Foundation in accordance with section 12 of the Harry S Truman Memorial 
Scholarship Act (20 U.S.C. 2011), as amended by subsection (a).
(c) Service of Incumbent.--The individual serving as Executive 
Secretary of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation as of the date 
of enactment of this Act may only continue serving in such position 
until the earlier of--
(1) the date on which the Board of Trustees of the 
Foundation appoints a new Executive Secretary in accordance 
with subsection (b); or
(2) the expiration of the 90 day period beginning on the 
date that a quorum of the members of the Board have been 
appointed in accordance with section 3(b)(2).

SEC. 7. TRANSPARENCY PROVISIONS.

Section 13 of the Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act (20 
U.S.C. 2012) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(c)(1) The Foundation shall preserve in unaltered format, and 
make available on a publicly accessible website of the Foundation, the 
following materials of the Foundation:
``(A) Press releases.
``(B) Program announcements.
``(C) Biographies of scholarship recipients.
``(2) The materials described in paragraph (1) may not be deleted, 
hidden, or password-protected.
``(3) Any edits made to the materials described in paragraph (1) 
after such materials were initially published shall be clearly 
identified and, in a case in which an edit has been made to such 
materials, a copy of the original, unaltered materials shall remain 
available to the public on a website of the Foundation.
``(4) The requirements of this subsection shall apply to any 
materials published by the Foundation before, on, or after the date of 
enactment of this subsection.''.

SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY.

(a) Applicability.--This Act and the amendments made by this Act 
shall apply only with respect to scholarships awarded under the Harry S 
Truman Memorial Scholarship Act (20 U.S.C. 2002) on or after the date 
of enactment of this Act.
(b) Treatment of Previously Awarded Scholarships.--Nothing in this 
Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed to invalidate 
or revoke, or alter the terms and conditions of, a scholarship that was 
awarded under the Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act (20 U.S.C. 
2002) before the date of enactment of this Act. The Harry S Truman 
foundation shall take such steps as may be necessary to continue to 
fund and administer such previously awarded scholarships.
Union Calendar No. 633

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 7894

[Report No. 119-728]

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To make improvements to the Harry S Truman Memorial Scholarship Act, 
and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

July 2, 2026

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed