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H.R. 1382: BRAVE Act

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H.R. 1382: BRAVE Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-16 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 242 (2015): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR1382 (2015-05-18), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

BRAVE Act

Plain 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.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

BRAVE Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] · 8 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Mark Takano (D-CA), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), John Garamendi (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA)

Recorded votes

Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr1382 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114