# 119-hr-7894: Truman Scholarship Clean House Act

119-hr-7894, Truman Scholarship Clean House Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-04).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7894
- Congress: 119
- Title: Truman Scholarship Clean House Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-03-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-04

## Summary

**Rewrites governance of the Truman Scholarship Foundation by creating a new 13-member Board.** The bill would also tighten who can win and keep a Truman Scholarship and require public preservation of recipient materials. - Students and applicants: Would expand eligibility to include full-time seniors from Puerto Rico and The Islands and citizens, nationals, or Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) permanent residents. Regional Review Panels of at least five members would score applicants and would bar those with felony convictions or certain suspensions or expulsions. - Board and governance: Would replace the current trustees with a 13-member Board that mixes presidential and congressional appointments plus the Secretary of Education ex officio. Members would serve six-year terms with a two-term limit and rules to limit partisan concentration among presidential appointees. - Recipients and transparency: Would create stricter termination rules and repayment obligations for scholars who lose eligibility or fail public service commitments. The Foundation would have to publish and preserve unaltered press releases, program announcements, and recipient biographies on a public website, and repayment could include 6 percent annual interest on amounts owed.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] (R-NC), 2026-03-24T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New payment rules for scholarship recipients: cost, high. If enacted, the bill would let the Foundation stop Truman Scholarship payments for awards made on or after enactment if recipients miss required reports, give false or incomplete information, do not begin use within four years of a bachelor's degree (unless given a written extension), serve as a st…
- Nomination and selection rules for students: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would expand who may be nominated for a Truman Scholarship to include full‑time undergraduates receiving a bachelor's degree the next academic year and full‑time seniors from Puerto Rico or the Islands (as defined in existing federal rules). The bill would require Regional Revi…
- Board and transparency reforms for Foundation: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would dissolve the current Truman Foundation Board 90 days after enactment and reconstitute it as 13 members: four Congressional leader appointees, eight Presidential appointees (no more than four of those affiliated with the same party at appointment), and the Secretary of Edu…

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- 119-hr-9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250

## Sources
- [119-hr-7894 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7894)

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- [119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-987)
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- [119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2570)
- [119-hr-404: Hearing Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-404)
- [119-hr-9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9250)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7894 (as of 2026-09-04).