To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide additional educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to veterans pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or math.

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay to each individual entitled to basic educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill and pursuing a program of education with a focus on science, technology, engineering, or math a lump-sum payment of $2,000 per academic year, or fraction thereof for enrollment lasting less than a year. Makes such amount in addition to any other educational assistance to which the individual is entitled.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3040 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3040

     To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide additional 
    educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to veterans 
    pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or math.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 12, 2007

  Mr. Space introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide additional 
    educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill to veterans 
    pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or math.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE UNDER MONTGOMERY GI BILL FOR VETERANS 
              PURSUING A DEGREE IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, OR 
              MATH.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 30 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 3020A. Additional educational assistance for veterans pursuing a 
              degree in science, technology, engineering, or math
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall pay to each individual 
entitled to basic educational assistance under this subchapter who is 
pursuing a program of education described in subsection (b) an amount 
equal to $2,000 per academic year, or fraction thereof for enrollment 
lasting less than one academic year. Amounts payable to an individual 
under this section are in addition to any other amounts payable to such 
individual under this subchapter.
    ``(b) Covered Programs of Education.--A program of education 
described in this subsection is a program of education with a focus (as 
determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary 
for purposes of this section) on science, technology, engineering, or 
math.
    ``(c) Frequency of Payment.--Payment of the amount payable under 
subsection (a) shall be made in a lump-sum amount for the entire 
quarter, semester, or term, as applicable, of the program of education 
at the start of the commencement of such quarter, semester, or term.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 30 of such title is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 3020 the following new item:

``3020A. Additional educational assistance for veterans pursuing a 
                            degree in science, technology, engineering, 
                            or math.''.
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