Protect Veteran Students, Job Seekers, and Entrepreneurs Housing Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6713 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6713 To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to ensure that certain education and workforce development benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs are treated as income by landlords evaluating the ability of a servicemember, veteran, or a spouse or child of a servicemember or veteran, to pay rent, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 15, 2025 Mr. Espaillat introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to ensure that certain education and workforce development benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs are treated as income by landlords evaluating the ability of a servicemember, veteran, or a spouse or child of a servicemember or veteran, to pay rent, and for other purposes. 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 ``Protect Veteran Students, Job Seekers, and Entrepreneurs Housing Act''. SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BENEFITS IN DETERMINING INCOME FOR PURPOSES OF ENTERING INTO RESIDENTIAL LEASES. (a) In General.--Title III of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3951 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section (and conforming the table of contents at the beginning of such Act accordingly): ``SEC. 309. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BENEFITS IN DETERMINING INCOME FOR PURPOSES OF ENTERING INTO RESIDENTIAL LEASES. ``(a) Protection.--In determining whether a covered individual has an income sufficient to enter into