,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gajb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #ae1        
#bjbf,mr4 ,hamadeh of ,arizona          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 to require ,federal      
civilian career employees to pass a     
citizenship test as a condition of      
employment1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,federal ,workforce ,civics        
,competency and ,accountability ,act4   
#b4 ,requiring ,federal civilian career 
employees to pass citizenship test as   
condition of employment ,subchapter ,i  
of chapter #cc of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new section 7and  
conforming the table of contents at the 
beginning of such chapter accordingly73 
#cccj;g4 ,career employees2 citizenship 
test requirement  7a7 ,appointment ,an  

individual who fails to pass the        
citizenship test shall be ineligible for
 appointment-- 7#a7 to a position in the
 competitive service2 or  7#b7 as a     
career appointee4  7b7 ,current         
employees ,not later than #a year after 
the date of the enactment of the        
,federal ,workforce ,civics ,competency 
and ,accountability ,act1 as a condition
 of continued employment1 each          
individual who is a career employee on  
such date of enactment shall take the   
citizenship test4  7c7 ,annual testing  
7#a7 ,in general ,as a condition of     
continued employment1 each career       
employee shall take the citizenship test
 annually4  7#b7 ,re-test ,if a career  
employees receives a failing grade on   
any annual test under paragraph 7#a71   
such career employee shall take a       
citizenship test consisting of all      
questions on such test4  7#c7           
,discipline ,a career employee may be   
subject to disciplinary action1 up to   
and including removal1 for failing to   

pass the full citizenship test under    
paragraph 7#b74  7d7 ,format ,the       
citizenship test administered pursuant  
to-- 7#a7 subsection 7a71 7b71 or       
7c77#b7 shall consist of all questions  
on such test2 and  7#b7 subsection      
7c77#a7 shall consist of #bj questions1 
randomly selected1 from the full        
citizenship test4  7e7 ,passing grade   
,an individual shall be deemed to have  
passed the citizenship test administered
 pursuant to-- 7#a7 subsection 7a71 7b71
 or 7c77#b7 if such individual answers  
at least #ij percent of the questions on
 the test correctly2 and  7#b7          
subsection 7c77#a7 if such employee     
answers #ae out of #bj questions on such
 test correctly4  7f7 ,administration   
7#a7 ,,opm ,the ,office of ,personnel   
,management1 in consultation with the   
,u4,s4 ,citizenship and ,immigration    
,services1 shall administer the         
citizenship test under this section1 in 
such form as the ,office considers      
appropriate4  7#b7 ,system ,the ,office 

shall establish and maintain a website  
and other necessary electronic systems  
to maintain records and other necessary 
information regarding the citizenship   
test4  7#c7 ,study materials ,the       
,office1 in consultation with the ,u4,s4
 ,citizenship and ,immigration          
,services1 shall provide career         
employees and applicants for employment 
access to official study materials and  
online training resources for purposes  
of taking the citizenship test under    
this section4  7#d7 ,report ,the ,office
 shall submit an annual report to       
,congress detailing agency compliance   
rates1 test results1 and any            
disciplinary actions taken under this   
section4  7g7 ,definitions ,in this     
section-- 7#a7 the term career appointee
 has the meaning given that term in     
section #cacb7;a7 of this title2  7#b7  
the term career employee-- 7,a7 means-- 
7i7 an employee occupying a position in 
the competitive service2 and  7ii7 any  
career appointee2 and  7,b7 does not    

include any civil service position that 
is excepted from the competitive service
 because of its confidential or         
policy-making character2 and  7#c7 the  
term citizenship test means the test    
administered for purposes of determining
 eligibility for naturalization of an   
alien in accordance with section        
#cab7;a77#b7 of the ,immigration and    
,nationality ,act4  4