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<title>Veterans' STEM Education Program</title>
<summary summary-id="id115hr4450v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2017-12-07">
<action-date>2017-11-16</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Veterans' STEM Education Program </b></p> <p> This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay an additional appropriate amount, beyond other educational assistance, to each individual entitled to post-9/11 educational assistance who is pursuing a program of education with a STEM focus (science, technology, engineering, and math).</p> <p>Information on such additional payments must be included in a currently required annual VA educational assistance report.</p>]]></summary-text>
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