,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #daia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #af1         
#bjai,mr4 ,carbajal 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,smucker1 ,mrs4 ,davis of ,california1  
,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 and ,mr4 ,cisneros7  
introduced the following bill2 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 family1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,home for the ,brave ,act of #bjai4  #b4
 ,exclusion of veterans disability      
benefits from income ,the ,department of
 ,housing and ,urban ,development ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ceca et seq47 is amended
 by adding at the end the following new 
section3  #ae4 ,exclusion of veterans   

disability benefits from income         
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 any amounts received by any member 
of a household or family as disability  
compensation under chapter #aa of title 
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 or          
dependency and indemnity compensation   
under chapter #ac of such title1 shall  
not be considered as income of such     
household or family for purposes of--   
7#a7 determining the eligibility of such
 family or household for assistance     
under any program for housing assistance
 administered by the ,secretary2  7#b7  
the amount of benefits payable to or on 
behalf of such family or household under
 such program2 or  7#c7 the amount of   
rent paid by such family or household   
for occupancy of a dwelling unit        
assisted under any such program4  4