US SB369 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 14 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
BRAVE Act Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment 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.
Title
BRAVE Act Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act
Sponsors
| Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI] | Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC] | Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-14 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
Same As/Similar To
HB974 (Same As) 2017-02-14 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Subjects
Armed forces and national security
Department of Veterans Affairs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Department of Veterans Affairs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/369/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s369/BILLS-115s369is.pdf |
