# 119-hr-5936: Home for the Brave Act of 2025

119-hr-5936, Home for the Brave Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5936
- Congress: 119
- Title: Home for the Brave Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**This bill would _exclude VA disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation from household income for HUD housing assistance programs_.** That change would stop those VA payments from being counted when deciding eligibility, benefit levels, and rent for households in HUD programs. - Veterans and their families would not have VA disability or survivor payments counted as income when applying for or living in HUD-assisted housing. That may make some households eligible for assistance or lower the rent they pay. - Public housing tenants and other HUD-assisted households with a member receiving those VA payments would see those amounts ignored in income calculations used to set benefit levels and tenant rent shares. - Housing agencies and HUD administrators would be required to exclude these specific VA payments when determining household income for program eligibility, benefit amounts, and rent calculations.

## Cosponsors (9)

- Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11] (R-PA), 2025-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2026-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large] (R-GU), 2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2026-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2026-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2026-02-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13] (R-FL), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Exclude VA disability from HUD income: benefit, medium. If enacted, VA disability compensation and dependency and indemnity payments would not count as household income for HUD housing programs. This applies to payments under 38 U.S.C. chapter 11 and chapter 13. The exclusion would be used for eligibility, benefit amounts, and the rent calculation for H…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hres-23: Proxy Voting for New Parents Resolution
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-5936 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5936)

## Related
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hres-23: Proxy Voting for New Parents Resolution](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-23)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5936 (as of 2026-04-21).