[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 201 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 201
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To provide for a study by the National Academies of Sciences,
Engineering, and Medicine on the prevalence and mortality of cancer
among individuals who served as active duty aircrew in the Armed
Forces, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``ACES Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL ACADEMIES STUDY ON PREVALENCE AND MORTALITY OF CANCER
AMONG INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVED AS ACTIVE DUTY AIRCREW IN
THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) Agreement.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall seek to enter into an agreement with the National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (in this
section referred to as the ``National Academies''), under which
the National Academies shall conduct a study on the prevalence
and mortality of cancers among covered individuals.
(2) Deadline.--
(A) Date.--The Secretary shall finalize the
agreement under paragraph (1) by not later than 60 days
after the date on which the Secretary enters
negotiations with the National Academies with respect
to such agreement.
(B) Report; briefings.--If the Secretary fails to
satisfy the requirement under subparagraph (A), the
Secretary shall--
(i) submit to the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs of the House of
Representatives a report that includes--
(I) an explanation of the reasons
the Secretary failed to satisfy such
requirement; and
(II) an estimate of the date on
which the Secretary will finalize the
agreement under paragraph (1); and
(ii) not less frequently than once every 60
days after the date on which the Secretary
failed to satisfy such requirement, provide to
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the
Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
of the House of Representatives a briefing on
the progress of the Secretary toward finalizing
such agreement.
(b) Study.--The study required under subsection (a) shall--
(1) identify exposures associated with military occupations
of covered individuals, including relating to chemicals,
compounds, agents, and other phenomena;
(2) review the literature to determine associations between
exposures referred to in paragraph (1) and the incidence or
prevalence of overall cancer morbidity, overall cancer
mortality, and increased incidence or prevalence of--
(A) brain cancer;
(B) colon and rectal cancers;
(C) kidney cancer;
(D) lung cancer;
(E) melanoma skin cancer;
(F) non-Hodgkin lymphoma;
(G) pancreatic cancer;
(H) prostate cancer;
(I) testicular cancer;
(J) thyroid cancer;
(K) urinary bladder cancer; and
(L) other cancers as determined appropriate by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the
National Academies; and
(3) determine, to the extent possible, the prevalence of
and mortality from the cancers specified in paragraph (2) among
covered individuals by using available sources of data, which
may include--
(A) health care and other administrative databases
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department
of Defense, and the individual Services, respectively;
(B) the national death index maintained by the
National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention; and
(C) the study conducted under section 750 of the
William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-
283; 134 Stat. 3716).
(c) Report.--At the conclusion of the study required under
subsection (a), the National Academies shall submit to the Secretary,
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives a report containing
the results of the study described in subsection (b).
(d) Covered Individual Defined.--In this section, the term
``covered individual'' means an individual who served on active duty in
the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps as an aircrew member of a
fixed-wing aircraft, including as a pilot, navigator, weapons systems
operator, aircraft system operator, or any other crew member who
regularly flew in a fixed-wing aircraft.
Passed the Senate June 3, 2025.
Attest:
Secretary.
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 201
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To provide for a study by the National Academies of Sciences,
Engineering, and Medicine on the prevalence and mortality of cancer
among individuals who served as active duty aircrew in the Armed
Forces, and for other purposes.