United States · Bill · S
S. 1621 (116th)
BRAVE Act
Introduced
22 May 2019
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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5 December 2025
Summary
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 also 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.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 May 2019
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 May 2019
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 22 May 2019
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1621
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/1621