Veteran STEM Scholarship Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2011
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-06-27
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education

Science and engineering education

Student aid and college costs

Teaching, teachers, curricula

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Veteran STEM Scholarship Improvement Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill reduces the credit hour requirement for the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Specifically, an eligible individual must be enrolled in a program that requires at least the standard 120 semester (or 180 quarter) credit hours, instead of the current requirement for more than 128 semester (or 192 quarter) credit hours. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2011 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 27, 2019 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Rubio , Mr. Manchin , Ms. Sinema , and Mr. Cruz ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to reduce the credit hour requirement for the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veteran STEM Scholarship Improvement Act of 2019 . 2. Reduction in credit hour requirement for Edith Nourse Rogers STEM scholarship Section 3320(b)(4)(A)(i) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking more than the standard 128 semester (or 192 quarter) credit hours and inserting at least the standard 120 semester (or 180 quarter) credit hours .