House
May 19, 2015

BRAVE Act

Summary

Official

Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act or the BRAVE Act (Sec. 2) Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in awarding a contract or task order 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. Requires the debarment from contracting with the VA for not less than five years of any offeror determined to have willfully and intentionally misrepresented the veteran status of its employees.

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Bill Progress

Passed House, sent to Senate

Introduced(3/16/15)
Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
President
Law

Sponsor

KR

Mr. Rice

(D) NY – 4

Cosponsors (8)

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

May 19, 2015