119-HR2034

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House Senate President

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2034

1. Short title
2. Modifications to Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship

1. Short title

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

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).

(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.