H.R. 7894 · Where this bill is now
Waiting for a House vote
Approved by committee Jul 2, 2026; no House vote yet
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryRestructures the Truman Scholarship Foundation
The Truman Scholarship Foundation awards scholarships to students planning graduate careers in public service. This bill replaces the foundation's entire board of trustees and sets new rules for how the board operates, including limits on how long members can serve and requirements for appointing a new executive leader. It also adds conditions for scholarship recipients, like stopping payments if they engaged in certain misconduct and requiring repayment with interest if they don't work in public service for a set time.
How it affects you
If you're a current or future Truman Scholar, the changes could affect your scholarship. You could lose payments or face repayment requirements with interest if you don't meet the scholarship's public service conditions. For most other Americans, this bill has no direct effect since it only changes how the scholarship program is run internally.
Read the official summary (Reported to House, Jul 2, 2026)
Truman Scholarship Clean House Act
This bill makes changes to the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, which awards scholarships to students who plan to attend graduate school in pursuit of a career in public service.
Specifically, the bill dissolves the current Board of Trustees (which oversees the foundation) and terminates all members of the board effective 90 days after the bill's enactment. New board members must be appointed as outlined by the bill.
Additionally, the bill (1) prohibits any board member (other than the Secretary of Education or the Secretary's designee) from serving more than two six-year terms, and (2) establishes a quorum as seven board members.
The board must appoint a new executive secretary of the foundation, who must (1) be appointed by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the board, and (2) serve a four-year term (but may be reappointed).
The bill establishes certain requirements for regional review panels, including that each panel must consist of at least five members appointed annually by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the board and no more than half of the panel may be affiliated with the same political party.
The bill establishes additional scholarship conditions, including by (1) stopping payments to scholarship recipients who commit certain actions (e.g., served as a leader in a student organization suspended for misconduct), and (2) requiring recipients who have their scholarship payments stopped or who are not employed in public service for a certain time period to repay their scholarship with 6% interest.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
2nd SessionH. R. 7894
A BILL
Truman Scholarship Clean House Act
Sponsor: Rep. Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21) · Introduced Mar 12, 2026 · Education · 2 versions of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Jul 2, 2026: “Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 633.”
Sections
The wording of this bill hasn’t changed across its 2 official versions.
Sections · 8
- Sec. 1Short titleNo change
- Sec. 2DefinitionsNo change
- Sec. 3Harry S Truman Scholarship FoundationNo change
- Sec. 4Selection of Truman ScholarsNo change
- Sec. 5Termination of Truman scholarshipNo change
- Sec. 6Executive Secretary of FoundationNo change
- Sec. 7Transparency provisionsNo change
- Sec. 8Effective date and applicabilityNo change