BRAVE Act
Latest action · Nov 17, 2021 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.
- IntroducedJan 4, 2021
- Passed HouseNov 16, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Bringing Registered Apprenticeships to Veterans Education Act or the BRAVE Act
This bill requires the Department of Labor, in the implementation of the Transition Assistance Program, to provide information concerning apprenticeship programs to members of the Armed Forces who are separating from active duty.
The bill also requires Labor, in coordination with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), to establish a publicly accessible and user-friendly website on which veterans can find specified information about apprenticeship programs that are approved under VA education benefit provisions.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 4, 2021 to Feb 1, 2021; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Jan 4, 2021 |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | Original | Jan 4, 2021 |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Original | Jan 4, 2021 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Jan 28, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jan 28, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Feb 1, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Feb 1, 2021 |
Committees 3
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 Jan 4, 2021Markup Jul 29, 2021 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Mar 8, 2021Hearings Apr 14, 2021Discharged Jul 28, 2021 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jan 4, 2021 |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 17, 2021 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2021Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Nov 16, 2021Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Nov 16, 2021Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6289-6291)
- Nov 16, 2021DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 147.
- Nov 16, 2021At 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.
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 H6289–H6291Text printed H6289Recorded votes H6299enactLists H6299Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 147, Bringing Registered Apprenticeships to Veterans Education ActNotices H6316Estimated budget effects of H.R. 147, Bringing Registered Apprenticeships to Veterans Education (BRAVE) Act | Donald Norcross D-NJ, John A. Yarmuth D-KY, Mark Takano D-CA, Mike Bost R-IL | Nov 16, 2021 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 13, 2021H.R. 147, Bringing Registered Apprenticeships to Veterans Education (BRAVE) ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 28, 2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 2, January 4, 2021, page H55.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5098 | BRAVE Act | Reintroduction of | Dec 19, 2019 |
Titles 8
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to transitional services for separating members of the Armed Forces and educational assistance under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To amend title 10, United States Code, to make certain improvements to services and benefits for veterans and separating members of the Armed Forces with respect to apprenticeship programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Bringing Registered Apprenticeships to Veterans Education Act
- BRAVE Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- BRAVE Act
- Bringing Registered Apprenticeships to Veterans Education Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- BRAVE Act
- Bringing Registered Apprenticeships to Veterans Education 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.
- Nov 17, 2021Referred in Senate
- Nov 16, 2021Engrossed in House
- Jan 4, 2021Introduced 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.
