House
May 19, 2015BRAVE 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.
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)
Topics
Latest Action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 19, 2015