HR 974 · 115th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

BRAVE Act

Introduced 2017-02-07· Sponsored by Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(2017-02-14)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2017-02-13
Roll #87
Yea 407Nay 0
Democrats
180 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
227 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2017-02-13
Roll #87
Yea 407Nay 0
Democrats
180 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
227 Yea·0 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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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Cosponsors (6)

4 Democrats2 Republicans