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HR 7894 Advanced toward a vote

Restructures the Truman Scholarship Foundation's board, limits political affiliation among its members and recipients, adds conduct and public-service conditions for scholarship payments, and requires the foundation to keep its public materials unaltered.

Official title: Truman Scholarship Clean House Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 12-MAR-2026
Referred 12-MAR-2026
Approved by committee 17-MAR-2026
Reported 02-JUL-2026
On the calendar 02-JUL-2026
Key points
  • Sets the Foundation's board at 13 members, with eight appointed by the President and no more than four from the same political party.
  • Dissolves the current board 90 days after enactment and requires new appointments under the revised structure.
  • Bars selecting or continuing payments for students who are convicted of a felony, suspended or expelled for code violations, or who lead a student organization involved in a suspended or expelled organization's misconduct.
  • Requires repayment with 6 percent interest if payments stop or a recipient does not work in public service for three of the first seven years after the graduate degree.
  • Requires press releases, program announcements, and recipient biographies to stay publicly available and unaltered, with any edits clearly marked.
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Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Reported to House, 02-JUL-2026).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Education

Sponsor Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY) Cosponsors · 1
■ 1 R
1 Republican