Veteran STEM Scholarship Enhancement Act This bill revises the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship program under the Post-9/11 GI Bill. Specifically, the bill removes a requirement that priority be given to certain eligible students and instead authorizes priority to be given to such students in fiscal years when funds are insufficient to provide scholarships to all eligible individuals. The bill specifies that receipt of such scholarship benefits does not count toward certain limitations that are placed on the period of assistance that is allowed under two or more programs.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National Security
Higher educationScience and engineering educationStudent aid and college costsVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veteran STEM Scholarship Enhancement Act
USA116th CongressHR-5772| House
| Updated: 2/6/2020
Veteran STEM Scholarship Enhancement Act This bill revises the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship program under the Post-9/11 GI Bill. Specifically, the bill removes a requirement that priority be given to certain eligible students and instead authorizes priority to be given to such students in fiscal years when funds are insufficient to provide scholarships to all eligible individuals. The bill specifies that receipt of such scholarship benefits does not count toward certain limitations that are placed on the period of assistance that is allowed under two or more programs.