Federal Workforce Civics Competency and Accountability Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7102 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 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 Representatives 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''. SEC. 2. REQUIRING FEDERAL CIVILIAN CAREER EMPLOYEES TO PASS CITIZENSHIP TEST AS CONDITION 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 beginning of such chapter accordingly): ``Sec. 3330g. Career employees; citizenship test requirement ``(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 citizenship test. ``(c) Annual Testing.-- ``(1) In general.--As a condition of continued employment, each career employee shall