1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Veteran STEM Scholarship Enhancement Act”.
Veteran STEM Scholarship Enhancement Act
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship program.
2. Improvement of Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship program of Department of Veterans Affairs
Priority— Subsection (c) of section 3320 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking “In selecting” and all that follows through “individuals:” and inserting the following: “If the Secretary determines that there are insufficient funds available in a fiscal year to provide additional benefits under this section to all eligible individuals, the Secretary may give priority to the following eligible individuals:”.
Amounts not subject to certain limitation— Subsection (d) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or chapter 36 of this title, any additional benefits under this section may not be counted toward the aggregate period for which section 3695 of this title limits an individual's receipt of allowance or assistance.”