,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #caed  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #aa1     
#bjaf,ms4 ,baldwin 7for herself and ,mr4
 ,tillis7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to authorize the         
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs1 in    
awarding a contract for the procurement 
of goods or services1 to give a         
preference to offerors that employ      
veterans4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,boosting ,rates of 
,american ,veteran ,employment ,act or  
the ,,brave ,act4  #b4 ,preference for  
offerors employing veterans  7a7 ,in    
general ,subchapter ,,ii of chapter #ha 
of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following new section3  #habi4          
,preference for offerors employing      
veterans  7a7 ,preference ,in awarding a
 contract 7or task order7 for the       

procurement of goods or services1 the   
,secretary may give a preference to     
offerors that employ veterans on a      
full-time basis4 ,the ,secretary shall  
determine such preference based on the  
percentage of the full-time employees of
 the offeror who are veterans4  7b7     
,enforcement penalties for              
misrepresentation  7#a7 ,any offeror    
that is determined by the ,secretary to 
have willfully and intentionally        
misrepresented the veteran status of the
 employees of the offeror for purposes  
of subsection 7a7 shall be debarred from
 contracting with the ,department for a 
period of not less than #e years4  7#b7 
,in the case of a debarment under       
paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary shall    
commence debarment action against the   
offeror by not later than #cj days after
 determining that the offeror willfully 
and intentionally misrepresented the    
veteran status of the employees of the  
offeror as described in such paragraph  
and shall complete debarment action     

against such offeror by not later than  
#ij days after such determination4  7#c7
 ,the debarment of an offeror under     
paragraph 7#a7 includes the debarment of
 all principals of the offeror for a    
period of not less than #e years4  4    
7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of   
sections at the beginning of chapter #ha
 of such title is amended by inserting  
after the item relating to section #habh
 the following new item3  #habi4        
,preference for offerors employing      
veterans4  4