Federal Workforce Civics Competency and Accountability Act

This bill would require federal career employees in the competitive service and career appointees to pass the civics test used for U.S. naturalization. Job applicants who fail the full test would be ineligible for appointment, and current career employees would have to take the full test within one year of the law taking effect. Career employees would then take a 20-question version every year, needing 15 correct answers; anyone who fails would retake the full test, which requires 90 percent correct, and could face discipline up to removal if they fail it. The Office of Personnel Management would run the test with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, provide study materials, keep records online, and report results to Congress each year.

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Sponsors

• Abraham J. Hamadeh Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors