S. 369 115th Congress Senate

BRAVE Act

Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in awarding a contract for the procurement of goods or services, … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in awarding a contract for the procurement of goods or services, to give a preference to offerors that employ veterans, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 14, 2017 Introduced by: Tammy Baldwin Democratic · Wisconsin See on congress.gov

Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans AffairsFraud offenses and financial crimesPublic contracts and procurementVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

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Feb 14, 2017

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

Feb 14, 2017

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action February 14, 2017

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

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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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