3.0.0 974 2023-01-11T13:34:55Z 2023-01-11T13:34:55Z House HR 2017-02-07 115 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. MENG:H.R. 869.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.[Page H978]]]> ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-02-14T16:53:59Z hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Referred to 2017-02-07T14:03:20Z Referred to 2017-02-07T15:07:25Z BRAVE Act 115 369 S 2017-02-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2017-02-14 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-02-13 19:12:31 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2017-02-13 19:12:30 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 0 (Roll no. 87). (text: CR H1111) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 87 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll087.xml House 115 2017-02-14T00:12:30Z 1 2017-02-13 19:12:30 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 - 0 (Roll no. 87).(text: CR H1111) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 87 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll087.xml House 115 2017-02-14T00:12:30Z 1 2017-02-13 19:02:39 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1114-1115) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2017-02-13 17:20:32 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. Floor H37220 2 House floor actions 2017-02-13 17:14:20 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 974. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2017-02-13 17:14:18 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1111-1112) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2017-02-13 17:14:07 Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2017-02-07 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2017-02-07 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Committee 2017-02-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-02-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000602 Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] Kathleen Rice D NY M. 4 N C001094 Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8] Paul Cook R CA 8 2017-02-09 False T000472 Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41] Mark Takano D CA 41 2017-02-09 False Y000063 Rep. Yoder, Kevin [R-KS-3] Kevin Yoder R KS 3 2017-02-13 False K000381 Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] Derek Kilmer D WA 6 2017-02-13 False G000559 Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3] John Garamendi D CA 3 2017-02-13 False K000382 Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] Ann Kuster D NH M. 2 2017-02-13 False Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Fraud offenses and financial crimes Public contracts and procurement Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-02-07 Introduced in House 2017-02-10T22:33:36Z 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.

]]> 81 2017-02-13 Passed House without amendment 2017-03-15T22:00:53Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act or the BRAVE Act

(Sec. 2) 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. Such debarment shall include the debarment of all principals in the offeror for at least five years.

The VA shall: (1) commence debarment actions within 30 days after determining that the offeror misrepresented such veteran status, and (2) complete debarment actions within 90 days after such determination.

]]> BRAVE Act Display Title BRAVE Act Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced BRAVE Act Short Titles as Introduced Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act Short Titles as Passed House BRAVE Act H House Short Titles as Passed House Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act H House Referred in Senate 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr974rfs/xml/BILLS-115hr974rfs.xml Engrossed in House 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr974eh/xml/BILLS-115hr974eh.xml Introduced in House 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr974ih/xml/BILLS-115hr974ih.xml 2017-02-14 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.