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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2034
To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the requirements of the
Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH11, 2025
Ms. B
UDZINSKI(for herself and Mr. HAMADEHof Arizona) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
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 Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Edith Nourse Rogers 4
STEM Scholarship Opportunity Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO EDITH NOURSE ROGERS STEM 6
SCHOLARSHIP. 7
Section 3320 of title 38, United States Code, is 8
amended— 9
(1) in subsection (b)— 10
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(A) by striking paragraph (2); 1
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 2
(4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 3
(C) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, 4
in subparagraph (A)(ii)— 5
(i) by striking ‘‘60’’ and inserting 6
‘‘45’’; and 7
(ii) by striking ‘‘90’’ and inserting 8
‘‘67.5’’; 9
(2) in subsection (c)(1)— 10
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 11
and (B) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respec-12
tively; and 13
(B) by inserting before subparagraph (C), 14
as so redesignated, the following new subpara-15
graph (A): 16
‘‘(A) Individuals who have used the most num-17
ber of months of the educational assistance to which 18
they are entitled under this chapter. 19
‘‘(B) Individuals who are using their entitle-20
ment under this chapter to pursue a program of 21
post-secondary education and who have declared a 22
major in a field referred to in subsection 23
(b)(3)(A)(i).’’; and 24
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(3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 1
following new paragraph: 2
‘‘(5) An individual who receives a benefit under this 3
section may only use such benefit after the individual has 4
used all of the educational assistance to which the indi-5
vidual is entitled under this chapter.’’. 6
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