# 116-hr-8043: Scholarship for Service: The Building Better Americans Act

116-hr-8043, Scholarship for Service: The Building Better Americans Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6] (R-OH); status Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8043
- Congress: 116
- Title: Scholarship for Service: The Building Better Americans Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- Introduced: 2020-08-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6] (R-OH)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Scholarship for Service: The Building Better Americans Act This bill establishes a scholarship-for-service program for students who served at least two years in the military, an emergency medical service, or a police force, or as a teacher's assistant or firefighter, and who submit a certification of such service prior to enrolling as an undergraduate in an institution of higher education (IHE). An eligible undergraduate student may receive a grant in the amount equal to the cost of attendance at the IHE in which the student enrolls for two academic years.

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- 116-hr-8932: Protect Women’s Sports Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8808: EXTEND Act
- 116-hr-8702: Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID–19 Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8692: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 275 Penn Avenue in Salem, Ohio, as the "Howard Arthur Tibbs Post Office".
- 116-hr-8561: Restoring Fairness to Medicaid Reimbursement Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8368: Rural Broadband Expansion Act of 2020

## Sources
- [116-hr-8043 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8043)

## Related
- [116-hr-8932: Protect Women’s Sports Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8932)
- [116-hr-8808: EXTEND Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8808)
- [116-hr-8702: Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID–19 Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8702)
- [116-hr-8692: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 275 Pe…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8692)
- [116-hr-8561: Restoring Fairness to Medicaid Reimbursement Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8561)
- [116-hr-8368: Rural Broadband Expansion Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8368)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8043 (as of 2025-11-18).