HR530: The ACES Act: Cancer Study for Military Aircrew

What This Bill Would Do

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to commission a study on cancer rates among former military aircrew members and extends a deadline for certain pension payment limits. The study will examine links between military service exposures and various types of cancer.

Why it matters

This legislation directly impacts the health research priorities for veterans who served as fixed-wing aircrew, potentially influencing future medical benefits and care standards for those exposed to specific occupational hazards.

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Former active-duty fixed-wing aircrew

This group is the subject of the mandated cancer prevalence and mortality study.

Directly affected

Department of Veterans Affairs

The agency is required to commission the study, manage data, and report to Congress on progress.

Key Facts

You don't have to trust us. Each fact below is taken straight from the official document - click any one to see the exact passage, highlighted in the original.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is considered a 'covered individual' under this bill?

A covered individual is anyone who served on active duty in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps as a fixed-wing aircrew member, including pilots, navigators, and weapons systems operators.

What happens if the VA fails to finalize the study agreement on time?

The Secretary must submit a report to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees explaining the delay and providing an estimated completion date, followed by mandatory briefings every 60 days.

What else do you want to know?

News Coverage

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Where This Stands

Currently passed chamber. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Law.

Procedural history

16 actions

May 6, 2025SenateCommittee
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 5, 2025House
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 5, 2025HouseFloor
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 376 - 5 (Roll no. 115). (text: CR H1815)
May 5, 2025HouseFloor
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 376 - 5 (Roll no. 115). (text: CR H1815: 6)
May 5, 2025House
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1839-1840)
May 5, 2025House
At 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.

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May 5, 2025House
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 530.
May 5, 2025House
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1815-1817)
May 5, 2025House
Mr. Bergman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Apr 9, 2025House
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Apr 9, 2025House
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mar 26, 2025House
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Mar 26, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Feb 20, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 16, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jan 16, 2025HouseIntroduced
Introduced in House

Version history

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Voting Record

Outcome not reportedHouse5/5/2025U.S. CongressOfficial roll call ↗

2/3 Yea-And-Nay

Total

265

Yes: 229
No: 2
Present: 0
Not voting: 34
Abstain: 0

How they voted (265)

241 more members

Mariannette Miller-MeeksRyes

Nicole MalliotakisRyes

Abraham HamadehRabsent

Nikki BudzinskiDyes

Cliff BentzRyes

Sydney Kamlager-DoveDabsent

Nicholas LangworthyRyes

Chrissy HoulahanDyes

Nanette BarragánDyes

Joseph MorelleDabsent

Suhas SubramanyamDabsent

Joaquin CastroDabsent

April McClain DelaneyDyes

Bonnie Watson ColemanDyes

Robert AderholtRabsent

Raja KrishnamoorthiDyes

Monica De La CruzRabsent

George WhitesidesDyes

John JoyceRyes

Shomari FiguresDyes

Thomas SuozziDyes

Tom McClintockRabsent

George LatimerDyes

Josh GottheimerDabsent

Charles FleischmannRyes

Jake AuchinclossDyes

Melanie StansburyDyes

Brittany PettersenDyes

Maggie GoodlanderDyes

Scott DesJarlaisRabsent

Teresa Leger FernandezDyes

Kristen McDonald RivetDyes

Clay HigginsRyes

Michelle FischbachRyes

James McGovernDabsent

Guy ReschenthalerRyes

Michael BaumgartnerRyes

Janice SchakowskyDabsent

Jennifer McClellanDyes

Ami BeraDyes

Elise StefanikRyes

Christopher DeluzioDyes

Brian FitzpatrickRyes

Mikie SherrillDabsent

Dan NewhouseRyes

Pat FallonRyes

Donald NorcrossDabsent

Troy DowningRyes

Dina TitusDyes

Jefferson Van DrewRyes

Andrew GarbarinoRyes

Linda SánchezDyes

Jim CostaDabsent

Debbie Wasserman SchultzDyes

John GaramendiDabsent

Sean CastenDyes

Val HoyleDyes

Juan CiscomaniRabsent

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Motion succeededHouse5/5/2025U.S. CongressOfficial roll call ↗

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Total

433

Yes: 376
No: 5
Present: 0
Not voting: 52
Abstain: 0

How they voted (265)

241 more members

Alexandria Ocasio-CortezDyes

Julia BrownleyDyes

Joaquin CastroDabsent

George WhitesidesDyes

Robert AderholtRabsent

Sydney Kamlager-DoveDabsent

Scott DesJarlaisRabsent

Kristen McDonald RivetDyes

Charles FleischmannRyes

Raja KrishnamoorthiDyes

Jake AuchinclossDyes

Betty McCollumDyes

Michelle FischbachRyes

Mary Gay ScanlonDyes

Jamie RaskinDyes

Rudy YakymRyes

Abraham HamadehRabsent

Mikie SherrillDabsent

Sam LiccardoDyes

John MoolenaarRyes

Teresa Leger FernandezDyes

Brian FitzpatrickRyes

Marlin StutzmanRyes

Donald NorcrossDabsent

Guy ReschenthalerRyes

Jefferson ShreveRyes

J. CorreaDyes

Ryan ZinkeRyes

Jefferson Van DrewRyes

Debbie Wasserman SchultzDyes

Chellie PingreeDyes

James ComerRyes

Nicholas LangworthyRyes

Claudia TenneyRyes

Melanie StansburyDyes

Robert OnderRyes

Janelle BynumDyes

John GaramendiDabsent

Derrick Van OrdenRyes

Adriano EspaillatDyes

Mark AmodeiRyes

Nick LaLotaRabsent

Luz RivasDyes

Maggie GoodlanderDyes

Virginia FoxxRyes

Troy DowningRyes

Mark PocanDyes

Nicole MalliotakisRyes

Joseph MorelleDabsent

Brett GuthrieRyes

April McClain DelaneyDyes

Josh GottheimerDabsent

Christopher DeluzioDyes

Suhas SubramanyamDabsent

Monica De La CruzRabsent

Shomari FiguresDyes

Michael GuestRyes

Lori TrahanDabsent

Jennifer McClellanDyes

Mariannette Miller-MeeksRyes

Brittany PettersenDyes

Bonnie Watson ColemanDyes

Tom McClintockRabsent

Outcome not reportedHouse5/5/2025Voteview

Total

150

Yes: 147
No: 3
Present: 0
Not voting: 0
Abstain: 0

How they voted (150)

126 more members

Anna Paulina LunaRyes

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormickDyes

Christopher SmithRyes

Richard McCormickRyes

Marilyn StricklandDyes

Outcome not reportedHouse5/5/2025U.S. CongressOfficial roll call ↗

Total

265

Yes: 229
No: 2
Present: 0
Not voting: 34
Abstain: 0

How they voted (265)

241 more members

Kristen McDonald RivetDyes

Josh BrecheenRyes

Thomas SuozziDyes

Joe NeguseDyes

Raja KrishnamoorthiDyes

Jefferson Van DrewRyes

Donald NorcrossDabsent

Teresa Leger FernandezDyes

Troy NehlsRyes

Sarah McBrideDyes

Monica De La CruzRabsent

Nicholas LangworthyRyes

Josh GottheimerDabsent

Joaquin CastroDabsent

Charles FleischmannRyes

Mikie SherrillDabsent

Abraham HamadehRabsent

Christopher DeluzioDyes

Derrick Van OrdenRyes

Steven HorsfordDyes

Mike QuigleyDyes

Kevin KileyRyes

Jennifer McClellanDyes

Adriano EspaillatDyes

James ComerRyes

Jay ObernolteRyes

Dan CrenshawRyes

John GaramendiDabsent

James McGovernDabsent

Janelle BynumDyes

Robert LattaRyes

Lori TrahanDabsent

Juan CiscomaniRabsent

Brittany PettersenDyes

April McClain DelaneyDyes

Debbie Wasserman SchultzDyes

Daniel MeuserRyes

Jasmine CrockettDyes

Joseph MorelleDabsent

Melanie StansburyDyes

Maggie GoodlanderDyes

Michelle FischbachRyes

J. CorreaDyes

Mark DeSaulnierDyes

Robert OnderRyes

Scott DesJarlaisRabsent

John McGuireRyes

Mark MessmerRyes

Diana HarshbargerRno

Brian FitzpatrickRyes

Sydney Kamlager-DoveDabsent

Tom McClintockRabsent

Mary Gay ScanlonDyes

Pete AguilarDyes

Jeff HurdRyes

Suhas SubramanyamDabsent

Nicole MalliotakisRyes

Thomas KeanRyes

Robert AderholtRabsent

Pramila JayapalDyes

Henry CuellarDyes

Greg CasarDabsent

Alexandria Ocasio-CortezDyes

Mark PocanDyes

Jack BergmanRyes

John MoolenaarRyes

Michael BaumgartnerRyes

Ken CalvertRyes

Mariannette Miller-MeeksRyes

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Full breakdown

Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.

Discoveries

1 pattern noticed across the record

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift90% confidence

Expansion of Occupational Health Oversight

The bill formalizes a specific research pipeline between the VA and the National Academies to investigate occupational hazards for aircrew, moving beyond general health monitoring.

Department of Veterans Affairs National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Connected Entities

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate, National Center for Health Statistics and 2 more

OrganizationCenters for Disease Control and Prevention“Parent agency of the National Center for Health Statistics”Map →

OrganizationCommittees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate“Congressional committees receiving reports and briefings”Map →

OrganizationNational Center for Health Statistics“Source for national death index data”Map →

OrganizationNational Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine“The organization tasked with conducting the cancer study”Map →

OrganizationDepartment of Veterans Affairs“The agency responsible for commissioning the study and managing pension limits”Map →

Sources

Open source document

www.congress.gov

The ACES Act: Cancer Study for Military Aircrew

What This Bill Would Do

Who It Would Affect

Key Facts

Frequently Asked Questions

News Coverage

Where This Stands

Procedural history

Version history

Voting Record

Full breakdown

Sponsors

Discoveries

Expansion of Occupational Health Oversight

Connected Entities

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