A Republican bill with no cosponsors
Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
H.R. 10786, known as the Civic Literacy in Higher Education Act, was introduced in the House on October 9, 2026. This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965. It targets certain colleges and universities by changing their rules for graduation. Specifically, the bill requires these institutions to make passing a test mandatory for students.
Under this legislation, the graduation requirement applies only to students who are United States citizens by birth. These students must demonstrate the requirements found under section 312 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which is the U.S. naturalization test. The bill states that this test must be proctored by a faculty member. Additionally, students must take the test without access to any books or notes.
Yes
No question was scored yes.
The opposite
- Scored -4
Would students be better off under this?
The legislation imposes a new graduation requirement forcing native-born U.S. citizen students to pass a proctored naturalization test without notes.
- Scored -3
Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this?
College students face an additional mandatory examination hurdle in order to graduate under the provisions of the bill.
- Scored -3
Does this make it easier to use public money at a school other than the local one?
The bill adds a mandatory graduation hurdle by requiring native-born U.S. citizens to pass a naturalization test to graduate.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Civic Knowledge Requirements: Section 2 adds a new requirement to the Higher Education Act of 1965 that mandates U.S. citizen students born in the country to demonstrate the requirements under section 312 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. This might be seen as positive because it ensures graduating students show civic knowledge as a condition of graduation.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- New Graduation Hurdles: Section 2 requires certain institutions to make passing the naturalization test a strict condition of graduation for students who are U.S. citizens by birth, with tests proctored by faculty members and taken without books or notes. This could be considered a negative burden because it adds an extra, mandatory hurdle that students must pass in order to receive their degrees.
Groups and Interests Ranking
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- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would students be better off under this? — The legislation imposes a new graduation requirement forcing native-born U.S. citizen students to pass a proctored naturalization test without notes. Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this? — College students face an additional mandatory examination hurdle in order to graduate under the provisions of the bill.
- Education And Technology
- Does this make it easier to use public money at a school other than the local one? — The bill adds a mandatory graduation hurdle by requiring native-born U.S. citizens to pass a naturalization test to graduate.
- 10/9/2026
- Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- Introduced in House