HR 2034
Passed a chamber
Changes eligibility and priority rules for the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship and extends a pension payment limit to March 31, 2033.
Official title: Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship Opportunity Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
11-MAR-2025
Referred
11-MAR-2025
Approved by committee
23-JUL-2025
Reported
09-SEP-2025
On the calendar
09-SEP-2025
Passed
15-SEP-2025
Senate
Received
16-SEP-2025
- Removes one paragraph of the scholarship's eligibility rules and lowers two numeric thresholds in them from 60 to 45 and from 90 to 67.5.
- Adds two priority factors for selecting recipients: individuals who have used the most months of their education benefits, and individuals in a post-secondary program who have declared a STEM major.
- Requires scholarship recipients to use all other educational assistance they are entitled to under the same chapter of title 38 before using the scholarship benefit.
- Replaces the November 30, 2031 date in the pension payment limits provision of title 38 with March 31, 2033.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (11-MAR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 15-SEP-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Veterans' Affairs Committee (House)
- Economic Opportunity Subcommittee
- Veterans' Affairs Committee (Senate)
Armed Forces and National Security
■ 2 R
2 Republicans