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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. 
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. 
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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 ‘‘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 amend-
ed— 
(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), respec-
tively; and 
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(B) by inserting before subparagraph (C), 
as so redesignated, the following new subpara-
graphs: 
‘‘(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-sec-
ondary 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 indi-
vidual 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’’. 
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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 Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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