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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2109
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 25, 2019
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
AN ACT
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 pref-
erence to offerors that employ veterans.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Boosting Rates of
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American Veteran Employment Act’’ or the ‘‘BRAVE
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Act’’.
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SEC. 2. PREFERENCE FOR OFFERORS EMPLOYING VET-
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ERANS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 81 of
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title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding after
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section 8128 the following new section:
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‘‘§ 8129. Preference for offerors employing veterans
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‘‘(a) PREFERENCE.—In awarding a contract for the
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procurement of goods or services, the Secretary may give
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a preference to offerors that employ veterans on a full-
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time basis. The Secretary shall determine such preference
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based on the percentage of the full-time employees of the
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offeror who are veterans.
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‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT PENALTIES FOR MISREPRESEN-
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TATION.—(1) Any offeror that is determined by the Sec-
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retary to have willfully and intentionally misrepresented
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the veteran status of the employees of the offeror for pur-
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poses of subsection (a) may be debarred from contracting
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with the Department for a period of not less than 5 years.
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‘‘(2) If the Secretary carries out a debarment under
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paragraph (1), the Secretary shall commence debarment
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action against the offeror by not later than 30 days after
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determining that the offeror willfully and intentionally
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misrepresented the veteran status of the employees of the
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offeror as described in paragraph (1) and shall complete
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debarment actions against such offeror by not later than
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90 days after such determination.
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‘‘(3) The debarment of an offeror under paragraph
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(1) includes the debarment of all principals in the offeror
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for a period of not less than 5 years.’’.
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
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at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting
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after the item relating to section 8128 the following new
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item:
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‘‘8129. Preference for offerors employing veterans.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 24, 2019.
Attest:
CHERYL L. JOHNSON,
Clerk.
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