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HR 530 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

ACES Act

In plain language: This legislation requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to hire the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study cancer rates, cancer deaths, and toxic exposures among military aircrews who flew fixed-wing aircraft. The study will evaluate potential links between military flight service and several specific cancers, including brain, lung, pancreatic, and skin cancers, to help guide future veteran healthcare decisions. To help offset the cost, the bill extends an existing cap on monthly VA pension payments for certain veterans without dependents living in Medicaid-supported nursing homes through December 2031.

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People affected—Not determinable from the text provided; the bill covers military fixed-wing aircrew and certain pension recipients in nursing homes, but does not provide population totals.
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Issues

What this bill touches.

Veterans' care delivery+12

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • Military fixed-wing aircrew veteransSec. 2 authorizes a comprehensive National Academies study on occupational toxic exposures and specific cancer rates and mortality among fixed-wing military aircrew (including pilots, navigators, and weapons systems operators).provisional

Who it burdens

  • Veterans in Medicaid-covered nursing homesSec. 3 extends the existing monthly limit on VA pension payments for certain veterans receiving Medicaid-covered nursing home care through December 31, 2031.provisional
  • Department of Veterans AffairsSec. 2 directs the VA to seek and finalize a study agreement with the National Academies within specific deadlines and mandates reports and recurring 60-day progress briefings to congressional committees if deadlines are missed.provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to partner with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study and report on service-related toxic exposures, cancer rates, and cancer deaths among military fixed-wing aircrew members.

    Sec. 2provisional

  2. Requires the VA to explain the delay and provide regular progress briefings to congressional committees if it fails to finalize the aircrew cancer study agreement within 60 days of starting negotiations.

    Sec. 2(a)(2)(B)provisional

  3. Extends the existing monthly cap on VA pension payments for certain veterans receiving Medicaid-covered nursing home care through December 31, 2031.

    Sec. 3provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. May 6, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  2. May 5, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. May 5, 2025On 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)
  4. May 5, 2025Passed/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)
  5. Jan 16, 2025Introduced in House
  6. Jan 16, 2025Introduced in House

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