September 16, 2025
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the requirements of the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 amended—
(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), respectively; and
(B)
by inserting before subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, the following new subparagraphs:
(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-secondary 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 individual 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
.