S-3154 : Still Just a Bill

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.

Any offeror determined to have willfully and intentionally misrepresented the veteran status of its employees shall be debarred from contracting with the VA for at least five years.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2016-07-11IntroReferralRead twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.Senate
2016-07-11IntroReferralIntroduced in SenateLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

Armed Forces and National Security
See Subjects
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Fraud offenses and financial crimes
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

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