Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship Opportunity Act
Introduced Mar 11, 2025 by Rep. Nikki Budzinski
The House passed it. The Senate has to pass it before it can reach the President.
This bill expands eligibility for and modifies administration of the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship. The scholarship allows individuals who are entitled to Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance and are pursuing eligible degrees in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or health care to receive up to nine additional months of benefits (capped at $30,000).
The bill eliminates the requirement that an individual must have less than 180 days of remaining educational assistance entitlement (or no entitlement remaining) to be eligible for the scholarship.
Additionally, the bill reduces by 25% the number of credits an individual must have completed in order to be eligible for the scholarship.
In situations where there are insufficient funds available in a fiscal year, the bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to give priority to individuals who have used the most months of their educational assistance entitlement and those who are using their entitlement to pursue a program of post-secondary education in specified fields (e.g., engineering).
Read the full summary on Congress.govSummary by the Congressional Research Service.
No recorded roll-call vote on this bill — it may have passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record individual votes.
- Sep 16, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Sep 15, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 15, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4293)
- Sep 15, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4293: 1)
- Sep 15, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2034.
- Sep 15, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4293)
- Sep 15, 2025Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 9, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 212.
- Sep 9, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-256.
- Jul 23, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jul 23, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 3, 2025Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Discharged
- Mar 31, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Mar 11, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Mar 11, 2025Introduced in House