H.R. 5936

Summary

H.R. 5936, the Home for the Brave Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Nov 7, 2025 by Rep. Salud Carbajal (D) with 9 co-sponsors. It was referred to Financial Services, and last saw action on Nov 7, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Record

Text

H.R. 5936 has 9 co-sponsors.

119 HR 5936 IH: Home for the Brave Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-11-07
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5936  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   November 7, 2025   Mr. Carbajal  (for himself and  Mr. Smucker ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Financial Services    A BILL
To exclude from consideration as income under the housing assistance programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development amounts received by a family from the Department of Veterans Affairs for service-related disabilities of a member of the family, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Home for the Brave Act of 2025  .
2.
Exclusion of veterans disability benefits from income
The Department of Housing and Urban Development Act ( 42 U.S.C. 3531 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
15.
Exclusion of veterans disability benefits from income
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amounts received by any member of a household or family as disability compensation under  chapter 11  of title 38, United States Code, or dependency and indemnity compensation under chapter 13 of such title, shall not be considered as income of such household or family for purposes of—
(1)
determining the eligibility of such family or household for assistance under any program for housing assistance administered by the Secretary;
(2)
the amount of benefits payable to or on behalf of such family or household under such program; or
(3)
the amount of rent paid by such family or household for occupancy of a dwelling unit assisted under any such program.
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To exclude from consideration as income under the housing assistance programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development amounts received by a family from the Department of Veterans Affairs for service-related disabilities of a member of the family, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Salud Carbajal (D) sponsors H.R. 5936, and 9 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Salud Carbajal

Rep. · D–CA-24 · Sponsor

Introduced Nov 7, 2025

Lloyd Smucker

Rep. · R–PA-11 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 7, 2025 · Original

Brian Fitzpatrick

Rep. · R–PA-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 7, 2026

Joseph Neguse

Rep. · D–CO-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 4, 2026

James Moylan

Rep. · R–GU-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 9, 2026

Eric Swalwell

Rep. · D–CA-14 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 9, 2026

Donald Davis

Rep. · D–NC-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 10, 2026

Sarah McBride

Rep. · D–DE-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 10, 2026

Zoe Lofgren

Rep. · D–CA-18 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 11, 2026

Anna Luna

Rep. · R–FL-13 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 4, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 5936 went before 1 committee: Financial Services.

Financial Services

Financial Services

Referred To · Nov 7, 2025 · 559 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5936 has taken 2 actions since Nov 7, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 5936 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5936 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Home for the Brave Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Home for the Brave Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To exclude from consideration as income under the housing assistance programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development amounts received by a family from the Department of Veterans Affairs for service-related disabilities of a member of the family, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 8 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5936 in 3 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Veterans.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5936 under Housing and Community Development, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5936’s is Housing and Community Development.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 5936, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 187 (Friday, November 7, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CARBAJAL:H.R. 5936.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority of Congress to enact thislegislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the UnitedStates Constitution which provides Congress with the power tolay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises in orderto provide for the general Welfare of the United States.[Page H4585]

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