# 119-hr-6713: Protect Veteran Students, Job Seekers, and Entrepreneurs Housing Act

119-hr-6713, Protect Veteran Students, Job Seekers, and Entrepreneurs Housing Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6713
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protect Veteran Students, Job Seekers, and Entrepreneurs Housing Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-12-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Counts certain VA and military education and workforce benefits as income when landlords check rental applications.** It makes education and workforce benefits under specific VA and Department of Defense chapters count as income for leasing and limits leases to the months of entitlement, and it creates penalties for knowing violations. - Servicemembers, veterans, and their spouses or children: Landlords must treat educational assistance under chapters 30–36 of title 38 and chapters 1606 or 1607 of title 10 as income when deciding rental eligibility. Leases cannot exceed the number of months the individual has remaining in their entitlement. - Landlords and owners of federally assisted housing: Knowingly violating the rule can bar participation in covered federally assisted rental housing programs. Violators face criminal penalties including a fine under title 18, imprisonment for up to one year, or both. - Federally assisted housing programs: The rule applies to an enumerated list of programs including public housing, Section 8 rental assistance, HOME, McKinney-Vento homeless programs, VA homeless veteran housing, Housing Trust Fund, Section 202 and 811 supportive housing, AIDS housing, Native American and Native Hawaiian housing, rural rental housing, and the low-income housing tax credit.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Landlords must count VA education income: benefit, medium. If enacted, landlords would have to treat education payments from VA (chapters 30–36 of title 38) or DoD (chapters 1606 or 1607 of title 10) as income when deciding if a veteran, servicemember, or their spouse or child can rent. Landlords would also have to ensure a lease does not last longer than…
- 60-day delay before ending VA benefits: benefit, medium. If enacted, the VA would not be able to stop a person's VA or DoD education assistance right away when the person loses eligibility only because they missed a single program requirement. The VA would have to notify the person of the failure and wait 60 days after that notice before ending benefits.…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-4714: End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-6713 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6713)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4393)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-4714: End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4714)
- [119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5658)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6713 (as of 2026-04-21).