Protecting Our Troops: New Bill Seeks To Make Military Service A Protected Category

On July 11, 2013, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.) introduced the Veterans and Servicemembers Employment Rights and Housing Act of 2013. The bill seeks to prohibit discrimination against veterans and servicemembers seeking employment or housing opportunities. If adopted, the bill would amend the Fair Housing Act to include military service as a protected category and allow veterans and servicemembers facing discrimination to file their complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Representative Kilmer previously sponsored a similar law.

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