Veteran STEM Scholarship Enhancement Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 5772 To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship program. 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veteran STEM Schol- 4 arship Enhancement Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF EDITH NOURSE ROGERS STEM 6 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM OF DEPARTMENT 7 OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 8 (a) PRIORITY.—Subsection (c) of section 3320 of title 9 38, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘In select- 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 Feb 07, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5772.IH H5772 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 5772 IH ing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘individuals:’’ and in- 1 serting the following: ‘‘If the Secretary determines that 2 there are insufficient funds available in a fiscal year to 3 provide additional benefits under this section to all eligible 4 individuals, the Secretary may give priority to the fol- 5 lowing eligible individuals:’’. 6 (b) AMOUNTS NOT SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITA- 7 TION.—Subsection (d) of such section is amended by add- 8 ing at the end the following new paragraph: 9 ‘‘(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 10 chapter or chapter 36 of this title, any additional benefits 11 under this section may not be counted toward the aggre- 12 gate period for which section 3695 of this title limits an 13 individual’s receipt of allowance or assistance.’’. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:03 Feb 07, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5772.IH H5772 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS