HR 2109 · 116th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
BRAVE Act
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(2019-06-25)
Plain Language Summary
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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 also 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.…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 2109, BRAVE Act
May 16, 2019As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 8, 2019
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office