[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2034 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2034

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the requirements of 
               the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2025

 Ms. Budzinski (for herself and Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the requirements of 
               the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship 
Opportunity Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO EDITH NOURSE ROGERS STEM SCHOLARSHIP.

    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 subparagraph (A):
            ``(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.''.
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