BRAVE Act
Latest action · May 19, 2015 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 16, 2015
- Passed HouseMay 18, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 242 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed404–0 | May 18, 2015 |
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 16, 2015 to May 18, 2015; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Mar 16, 2015 |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Original | Mar 16, 2015 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Mar 16, 2015 |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Original | Mar 16, 2015 |
| R-LA | Ralph Lee Abraham | Original | Mar 16, 2015 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Mar 23, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Apr 14, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | May 18, 2015 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 16, 2015 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Mar 23, 2015Hearings Mar 24, 2015Markup Apr 16, 2015Reported Apr 16, 2015 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 19, 2015 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 19, 2015Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- May 18, 2015Mr. Wenstrup moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- May 18, 2015Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3261-3263)
- May 18, 2015DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1382.
- May 18, 2015At 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.
- May 18, 2015Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3294-3295)
- May 18, 2015Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 404 - 0 (Roll no. 242). (text: CR H3261-3262)
- May 18, 2015Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 16, 2015Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 16, 2015Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote .
- Mar 24, 2015Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Mar 23, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Mar 16, 2015Introduced in House
- Mar 16, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3261–H3263, H3293Text printed H3261Recorded votes H3295enact | Brad R. Wenstrup R-OH, Dina Titus D-NV, Kathleen M. Rice D-NY | May 18, 2015 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 44, March 16, 2015, page H1662.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 114-23 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 356, H.R. 832, H.R. 1994, H.R. 2133, H.R. 2275, H.R. 2344, H.R. 2360, H.R. 2361, AND A DRAFT BILL ENTITLED "TO AMEND TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE, TO MAKE CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TRANSFER OF UNUSED EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE BENEFITS UNDER THE POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"206 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jun 2, 2015 |
| Serial No. 114-12 | "LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 456; H.R. 473; H.R. 474; H.R. 475; H.R. 476; H.R. 643; H.R. 1038; H.R. 1141; H.R. 1187; H.R. 1313; H.R. 1382"117 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Mar 24, 2015 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3154 | BRAVE Act | Related bill | Jul 11, 2016 |
| HR 6062 | SERVICE Act | Related bill | Oct 19, 2016 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act
- BRAVE Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- BRAVE Act
- Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 19, 2015Referred in Senate
- May 18, 2015Engrossed in House
- Mar 16, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
