Truman Scholarship Clean House Act

Key Points

• The bill would dissolve the current Board of Trustees for the Truman Scholarship Foundation and replace it with a new 13-member group. This new board would include people picked by leaders in the House and Senate, plus eight members chosen by the president. To ensure a mix of views, no more than four of the president's picks can be from the same political party.
• New rules would make it easier for students to lose their scholarship and be forced to pay it back. If a student is convicted of a felony, suspended from school, or leads a student group that gets banned from campus, they lose their funding. They must also pay back the full amount plus 6% interest if they don't work in public service for three of their first seven years after graduating.
• The foundation would be required to keep a permanent, public record of its history on its website. This includes old press releases, program news, and biographies of past winners. The bill bans the foundation from deleting or hiding these records and requires them to show exactly what was changed if they ever edit an old post.
• The top leader of the foundation, known as the Executive Secretary, would face new term limits and a tougher hiring process. They would be limited to three four-year terms and would need a two-thirds majority vote from the board to be hired. The person currently in this role would be replaced shortly after the new board is formed.

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