I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6140 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the Edith Nourse Rogers 
STEM Scholarship program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2020 
Ms. UNDERWOOD (for herself and Mr. BARR) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans in STEM 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EDITH NOURSE ROGERS STEM SCHOLARSHIP PRO-
GRAM OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS. 
(a) CLARIFICATION
AND
EXPANSION
OF
ELIGI-
BILITY.—Subsection (b)(4) of section 3320 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), 
by inserting ‘‘, or a dual degree program that 
includes such an undergraduate college degree,’’ 
after ‘‘undergraduate college degree’’; 
(B) by striking subclause (IX); and 
(C) by redesignating subclauses (X) and 
(XI) as subclauses (IX) and (X), respectively; 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘covered clinical training 
program for health care professionals or a’’ be-
fore ‘‘program of education’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) is an individual who has earned a 
graduate degree in a field referred to in sub-
paragraph (A)(i) and is enrolled in a covered 
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clinical training program for health care profes-
sionals.’’. 
(b) PRIORITY.—Subsection (c) of such section is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—(1) If the Secretary determines that 
there are insufficient funds available in a fiscal year to 
provide additional benefits under this section to all eligible 
individuals, the Secretary may give priority to the fol-
lowing eligible individuals: 
‘‘(A) Individuals who require the most credit 
hours described in subsection (b)(4). 
‘‘(B) Individuals who are entitled to educational 
assistance under this chapter by reason of para-
graph (1), (2), (8), or (9) of section 3311(b) of this 
title. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall give priority to individuals 
under paragraph (1) in the following order: 
‘‘(A) Individuals who are enrolled in a program 
of education leading to an undergraduate degree in 
a field referred to in subsection (b)(4)(A)(i). 
‘‘(B) Individuals who are enrolled in a program 
of education leading to a teaching certificate. 
‘‘(C) Individuals who are enrolled in a dual-de-
gree program leading to both an undergraduate and 
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graduate degree in a field referred to in subsection 
(b)(4)(A)(i). 
‘‘(D) Individuals who have earned an under-
graduate degree and are enrolled in a covered clin-
ical training program for health care professionals. 
‘‘(E) Individuals who have earned a graduate 
degree and are enrolled in a covered clinical training 
program for health care professionals.’’. 
(c) AMOUNTS NOT SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITA-
TION.—Subsection (d) of such section is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
chapter or chapter 36 of this title, any additional benefits 
under this section may not be counted toward the aggre-
gate period for which section 3695 of this title limits an 
individual’s receipt of allowance or assistance.’’. 
(d) COVERED CLINICAL TRAINING PROGRAM DE-
FINED.—Such section is further amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) COVERED CLINICAL TRAINING PROGRAM DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘covered clinical training 
program defined’ means any clinical training required by 
a health care professional to be licensed to practice in a 
State or locality.’’. 
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