1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Veteran Students, Job Seekers, and Entrepreneurs Housing Act . 2. Treatment of certain Department of Veterans Affairs benefits in determining income for purposes of entering into residential leases (a) In general Title III of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3951 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new section (and conforming the table of contents at the beginning of such Act accordingly): 309. Treatment of certain Department of Veterans Affairs benefits in determining income for purposes of entering into residential leases (a) Protection In determining whether a covered individual has an income sufficient to enter into a lease of premises for a residential purpose, the landlord (or other person with paramount title) of the premises shall treat any educational assistance received by the covered individual under any of chapter 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, or 36 of title 38, United States Code, or chapter 1606 or 1607 of title 10, United States Code, as income. (b) Lease period When entering into a lease of premises for a residential purpose with a covered individual pursuant to subsection (a), the landlord (or other person with paramount title) shall guarantee that the period of the lease does not exceed the number of months of entitlement the individual has for the educational assistance described in such subsection. (c) Penalties (1) A landlord (or other person with paramount title) who knowingly takes an action contrary to this section, or attempts to do so, may not participate in a covered Federally assisted rental housing program. (2) A person who knowingly takes an action contrary to this section, or attempts to do so, shall be fined as provided in title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) The term covered individual means a servicemember, veteran, or a spouse or child of a servicemember or veteran, who is entitled to educational assistance under