Veteran STEM Scholarship Enhancement Act

Bill: 116-hr-5772
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2020-02-06
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education

Science and engineering education

Student aid and college costs

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2020-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Veteran STEM Scholarship Enhancement Act</b></p> <p>This bill revises the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship program under the Post-9/11 GI Bill. </p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5772 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 6, 2020 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veteran STEM Scholarship Enhancement Act . 2. Improvement of Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship program of Department of Veterans Affairs (a) Priority Subsection (c) of section 3320 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking In selecting and all that follows through individuals: and inserting the following: 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 following eligible individuals: . (b) Amounts not subject to certain limitation Subsection (d) of such section is amended by adding 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 aggregate period for which section 3695 of this title limits an individual's receipt of allowance or assistance. .