114th Congress > House > Vote 241

Date: May 18, 2015

Result: 404-0 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 242

Sponsor: RICE, Kathleen Maura (D-NY)

Bill number: HR1382

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Description: Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act (BRAVE Act)

Bill summary: Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act or the BRAVE Act (Sec. 2) Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in awarding a contract or task order 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. Requires the debarment from contracting with the VA for not less than five years of any offeror determined to have willfully and intentionally misrepresented the veteran status of its employees.

Bill titles: 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.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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