The record

LegislationLegislation· Sep 2025
HR 2034 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Nikki Budzinski (D)

Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship Opportunity Act

Expands STEM scholarship access for Post-9/11 GI Bill veterans by loosening eligibility rules.

Tradeoff

Makes it easier for more veterans to get up to nine extra months of education funding for STEM degrees. No new spending authorized; the scholarship draws from existing GI Bill .

What's in it

See official bill text

Decreases net direct spending by $3 million over the 2025-2035 period.

The bill expands STEM scholarships for eligible veterans at a cost of $61 million over 10 years, but this is largely offset by a policy extending reduced VA pension payments ($90/month) for veterans in nursing homes through 2033, which shifts costs to ; the net federal impact is a $3 million decrease in direct spending over the decade.

H.R. 2034, Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship Opportunity Act · Aug 2025

Passed the House by on September 15, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Mar 11, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Veterans' Affairs(Mar 11, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Veterans' Affairs voted to send it to the floor

    Reported by (Jul 23, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-256.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Sep 15, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Veterans' Affairs(Sep 16, 2025)