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HR 5781 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Criminal procedure and sentencing Housing industry and standards Landlord and tenant Military personnel and dependents Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' pensions and compensation

Students LIVE Act of 2018

Introduced: May 11, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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May 11, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 11, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
May 11, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Students Living Irrespective of Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2018 or the Students LIVE Act of 2018

This bill requires a landlord to treat veteran's educational assistance and benefits as income when determining whether the service member, veteran, or a spouse or child of a service member or veteran has sufficient income to enter into a lease. The bill makes violations of this bill punishable by a fine, imprisonment for up to one year, or both.

What's happening now May 11, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Banks, Jim
Indiana · May 11, 2018
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · May 11, 2018
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 11, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5781: Students LIVE Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5781/
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"H.R. 5781: Students LIVE Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5781/.
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H.R. 5781, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5781/.
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