US Congress Senate Bill 1621 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

BRAVE Act Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]

Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-22	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB2109 (Same As) 2019-06-25 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
HB7105 (Related) 2021-01-05 - Became Public Law No: 116-315.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1621/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1621/BILLS-116s1621is.pdf