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H.R. 2034 · House bill · 119th Congress
This bill expands eligibility for and modifies administration of the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship. The scholarship allows individuals who are entitled to Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance and are pursuing eligible degrees in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or health care to receive up to nine additional months of benefits (capped at $30,000).
The bill eliminates the requirement that an individual must have less than 180 days of remaining educational assistance entitlement (or no entitlement remaining) to be eligible for the scholarship.
Additionally, the bill reduces by 25% the number of credits an individual must have completed in order to be eligible for the scholarship.
In situations where there are insufficient funds available in a fiscal year, the bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to give priority to individuals who have used the most months of their educational assistance entitlement and those who are using their entitlement to pursue a program of post-secondary education in specified fields (e.g., engineering).
The bill specifies that individuals who receive the scholarship benefit may only use the benefit after they have used all of their educational assistance entitlement under the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
This Act may be cited as the “Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship Opportunity Act”.
Section 3320 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking paragraph (2);
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and
(C) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, in subparagraph (A)(ii)—
(i) by striking “60” and inserting “45”; and
(ii) by striking “90” and inserting “67.5”;
(2) in subsection (c)(1)—
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and
(B) by inserting before subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, the following new subparagraphs:
“(A) Individuals who have used the most number of months of the educational assistance to which they are entitled under this chapter.
(B) Individuals who are using their entitlement under this chapter to pursue a program of post-secondary education and who have declared a major in a field referred to in subsection (b)(3)(A)(i).”; and
(3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(5) An individual who receives a benefit under this section may only use such benefit after the individual has used all of the educational assistance to which the individual is entitled under this chapter.”.
Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking “November 30, 2031” and inserting “March 31, 2033”.