BRAVE Act

Bill: 114-s-3154
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2016-07-11
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Public contracts and procurement

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2016-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-07-11
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act or the BRAVE Act</strong></p> <p> 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.</p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3154 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 11, 2016 Ms. Baldwin (for herself and Mr. Tillis ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act or the BRAVE Act . 2. Preference for offerors employing veterans (a) In general Subchapter II of chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 8129. Preference for offerors employing veterans (a) Preference In awarding a contract (or task order) for the procurement of goods or services, the Secretary may give a preference to offerors that employ veterans on a full-time basis. The Secretary shall determine such preference based on the percentage of the full-time employees of the offeror who are veterans. (b) Enforcement penalties for misrepresentation (1) Any offeror that is determined by the Secretary to have willfully and intentionally misrepresented the veteran status of the employees of the offeror for purposes of subsection (a) shall be debarred from contracting with the Department for a period of not less than 5 years. (2) In the case of a debarment under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall commence debarment action against the offeror by not later than 30 days after determining that the offeror willfully and intentionally misrepresented the veteran status of the employees of the offeror as described in such paragraph and shall complete debarment action against such offeror by not later than 90 days after such determination. (3) The debarment of an offeror under paragraph (1) includes the debarment of all principals of the offeror for a period of not less than 5 years. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 81 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 8128 the following new item: 8129. Preference for offerors employing veterans. .