# 119-hr-6358: Veteran Education Empowerment Act

119-hr-6358, Veteran Education Empowerment Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] (D-FL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-23).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6358
- Congress: 119
- Title: Veteran Education Empowerment Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-02
- Sponsor: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] (D-FL)
- Cosponsors: 42
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-23

## Summary

**Creates a federal Student Veteran Centers grant program to fund campus centers that help veterans, active-duty members, and their families succeed in college.** It defines who can get grants, how funds can be used, and requires reporting and best-practices guidance. - Colleges and consortia can compete for grants of up to $500,000 over a four-year award to establish, maintain, improve, or operate a Student Veteran Center. Applicants must show significant veteran enrollment and a plan to sustain the center after the grant ends. - Student veterans and their families gain a dedicated campus space with a lounge, centralized services, a trained veterans’ benefits counselor, orientation for transitioning students, academic and tutoring support, and mental health counseling. - The Department of Education must report to Congress within three years on recipients, services delivered, demographics served, and outcomes and must post a best-practices website. Priority goes to regions with large veteran populations and to a balanced geographic and institutional mix. *Authorizes such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026 and the seven following years, with funding subject to future appropriations.*

## Cosponsors (42)

- Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] (R-FL), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6] (D-LA), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rivas, Luz M. [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2025-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3] (D-NM), 2025-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2026-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2026-01-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2026-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2026-04-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gray, Adam [D-CA-13] (D-CA), 2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Best-practices website for centers: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require the Education Department to build a best-practices website for Student Veteran Centers. The site would be required not later than three years after the first grant is awarded and would provide guidance on effective services and operations. The website would depend…
- Definition and services for centers: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would define a Student Veteran Center as a dedicated campus space with a lounge or meeting area and a central office for veteran services. The center would need trained staff and volunteers, including veterans, and at least one full-time employee or volunteer trained as a veter…
- Grants for campus veteran centers: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would create a Department of Education grant program to help colleges build and run Student Veteran Centers. Grants would be for up to four years and could not exceed $500,000 total per award. Awards would be subject to Congress providing money and the Education Secretary would…
- Required report to Congress: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require the Education Secretary to send Congress a report within three years after the first grant is awarded. The report would list grants, recipients, amounts, how funds were used, and counts and demographics of student veterans, spouses/partners, and children served. I…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-6358 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6358)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6358 (as of 2026-10-23).