HR974: Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment (BRAVE) Act

By | January 15, 2018
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Seal of the US Dept of Veterans Affairs

Seal of the US Dept of Veterans Affairs

Authorizes the VA, in awarding a contract for the procurement of goods or services, to give preference to offerers based on the percentage of the offerer’s full-time employees who are veterans.

Official Summary

Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act or the BRAVE Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in awarding a contract for the procurement of goods or services, to give preference to offerors based on the percentage of the offeror’s full-time employees who are veterans.

The VA is authorized to debar from VA contracting for at least five years any offeror determined to have willfully and intentionally misrepresented the veteran status of its employees.

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Passed House
2017-02-13
Passed Senate
Signed by President
Became Public Law

Amendments

None.

Sponsors

Original sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]

Cosponsors: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8], Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41], Rep. Yoder, Kevin [R-KS-3], Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6], Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3], Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]

Votes

Passed House: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll087.xml

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