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Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship Opportunity Act of 2025
To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the requirements of the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill would modify the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship program for veterans by adjusting eligibility requirements and priority criteria. The bill would lower numerical thresholds in the scholarship requirements, changing values from 60 to 45 and from 90 to 67.5. The bill would establish new priority for individuals who have used more months of their educational benefits and for individuals pursuing post-secondary education with a declared major in a STEM field. Additionally, the bill would require that individuals exhaust all other educational assistance before using their STEM scholarship benefits.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN)
Actions (2)
- Oct 23, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · senate
- Oct 23, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 23, 2025
Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Banks) 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 modify the requirements of the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship, and for other purposes.
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 of 2025”.
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.”. <all>
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