BRAVE Act
- Last Action
- 2/14/2017
Actions
- 2017-02-14Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2017-02-13Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2017-02-13On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 0 (Roll no. 87). (text: CR H1111)
- 2017-02-13Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 0 (Roll no. 87).(text: CR H1111)
- 2017-02-13Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1114-1115)
- 2017-02-13At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- 2017-02-13DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 974.
- 2017-02-13Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1111-1112)
- 2017-02-13Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- 2017-02-07Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2017-02-07Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- 2017-02-07Introduced in House
- 2017-02-07Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-13 (81)
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act or the BRAVE Act
(Sec. 2) 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. Such debarment shall include the debarment of all principals in the offeror for at least five years.
The VA shall: (1) commence debarment actions within 30 days after determining that the offeror misrepresented such veteran status, and (2) complete debarment actions within 90 days after such determination.
Cosponsors (6)
- Paul Cook (R-CA)
- Mark Takano (D-CA)
- Kevin Yoder (R-KS)
- Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
- John Garamendi (D-CA)
- Ann Kuster (D-NH)
Subjects
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Public contracts and procurement
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
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