[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 748 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 748

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to provide additional educational assistance under the 
Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans 
                Affairs to certain eligible individuals.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2015

Mr. McKinley (for himself and Ms. Titus) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to provide additional educational assistance under the 
Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans 
                Affairs to certain eligible individuals.

    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 ``GI Bill STEM Extension Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE UNDER POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL 
              ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 33 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 3320. Additional benefits
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may provide to an eligible 
individual additional educational assistance under this section.
    ``(b) Amount of Assistance.--The Secretary shall pay to each 
individual who receives educational assistance under this section who 
is pursuing a program of education the amount payable under section 
3313 of this title for such program of education for a period of not 
more than nine months.
    ``(c) Eligibility.--An eligible individual is an individual--
            ``(1) who is or was entitled to educational assistance 
        under section 3311 of this title;
            ``(2) who has used all of the educational assistance to 
        which the individual is entitled under this chapter; and
            ``(3) who--
                    ``(A) is enrolled in a program of education leading 
                to a post-secondary degree that requires more than the 
                standard 128 semester (or 192 quarter) credit hours for 
                completion in--
                            ``(i) biological or biomedical science;
                            ``(ii) physical science;
                            ``(iii) science technologies or 
                        technicians;
                            ``(iv) computer and information science and 
                        support services;
                            ``(v) mathematics or statistics;
                            ``(vi) engineering;
                            ``(vii) engineering technologies or an 
                        engineering-related field;
                            ``(viii) a health profession or related 
                        program; or
                            ``(ix) a medical residency program; or
                    ``(B) has earned a post-secondary degree in a field 
                referred to in subparagraph (A) and is enrolled in a 
                program of education leading to a teaching 
                certification.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
3319 the following new item:

``3320. Additional benefits.''.
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