Study would examine cancer rates and deaths among military aircrew
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Sponsor: Mark Kelly · Senator · AZ
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Official title: ACES Act of 2025
119th Congress
Topics: Security & foreign affairs
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The VA would ask the National Academies to study whether aircrew exposures are linked to cancer, without changing any benefits or coverage.
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What does this do?
The bill tells the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to try to sign an agreement within 30 days with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to carry out a study on cancer among military aircrew. The study would identify possible exposures, review existing research on links to cancer rates and deaths, and measure how common these cancers are and how many aircrew members die from them. The National Academies would send a final report to the VA and the veterans' committees in Congress.
Who does it affect?
The study covers people who served on active duty in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps as crew on fixed-wing aircraft, including pilots, navigators, weapons systems operators, and other regular crew members.
Why does it matter?
The bill does not change anyone's benefits or health coverage and does not create new rules. It only gathers information that Congress and the VA could later use to make decisions about veterans' care.
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Where does it stand?
- IntroducedJan 23, 2025
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House
- The president's desk
Right now: the president signed it. It's law.Now law
Latest action: — Became Public Law No: 119-32.