US Congress House Bill 974 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: Engrossed on February 14 2017 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-14 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

BRAVE Act Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment 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 Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act

Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]

2017-02-13 - House - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill RC# 87 (Y: 407 N: 0 NV: 24 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-14	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2017-02-13	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2017-02-13	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)
2017-02-13	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1114-1115)
2017-02-13	House	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.
2017-02-13	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 974.
2017-02-13	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1111-1112)
2017-02-13	House	Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2017-02-07	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2017-02-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2017-02-07	House	Introduced in House

SB369 (Same As) 2017-02-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/974/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr974/BILLS-115hr974ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr974/BILLS-115hr974eh.pdf
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/201787