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[H.R. 2034 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 212
119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2034

                          [Report No. 119-256]

 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

                           September 9, 2025

                   Additional sponsor: Mr. Van Orden

                           September 9, 2025

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                               11, 2025]


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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 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.''.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN LIMITS ON PAYMENTS OF PENSION.

    Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``November 30, 2031'' and inserting ``March 31, 2033''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 212

119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2034

                          [Report No. 119-256]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 9, 2025

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed