S 201
· 119th Congress
· Armed Forces and National Security
ACES Act of 2025
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Became Public Law No: 119-32.
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Aug 14, 2025
signed
Signed by President.
Aug 14, 2025
signed
Became Public Law No: 119-32.
Aug 12, 2025
sent
Presented to President.
Jul 21, 2025
floor
Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jul 21, 2025
floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3487-3489)
Jul 21, 2025
floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 201.
Jul 21, 2025
passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3487)
Jul 21, 2025
passed
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3487)
Jul 21, 2025
passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jun 04, 2025
floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jun 04, 2025
floor
Received in the House.
Jun 04, 2025
floor
Held at the desk.
Jun 03, 2025
committee
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Veterans' Affairs Committee
Jun 03, 2025
floor
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S3209-3210)
Jun 03, 2025
passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Jun 03, 2025
passed
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S3209-3210)
Mar 11, 2025
committee
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Veterans' Affairs Committee
Jan 23, 2025
introduced
Introduced in Senate
Jan 23, 2025
introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Veterans' Affairs Committee
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Introduced in Senate
Jan 23, 2025
ACES Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study and report on the prevalence and mortality of cancers among veterans who served on active duty as aircrew members and regularly flew in fixed-wing aircraft.
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+++ Enrolled
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
-[S. 201 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]
+[S. 201 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
-<DOC>
+S.201
-119th CONGRESS
-1st Session
-S. 201
+One Hundred Nineteenth Congress
-_______________________________________________________________________
+of the
-AN ACT
+United States of America
+
+AT THE FIRST SESSION
+
+Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
+the third day of January, two thousand and twenty five
+
+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.
+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--
-SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
+(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
-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.
+(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;
+(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--
+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;
@@ -84,20 +80,18 @@
(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).
+(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
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operator, aircraft system operator, or any other crew member who
regularly flew in a fixed-wing aircraft.
-Passed the Senate June 3, 2025.
+Speaker of the House of Representatives.
-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.
+Vice President of the United States and
+President of the Senate.
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