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Mark Kelly (D-AZ)

In the nature of a substitute.

S.Amdt. 2296 · Senate amendment

A Democratic amendment with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor

Changes S. 201 — ACES Act of 2025

Last activity — Amendment SA 2296 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

Adopted

The Senate agreed to this amendment, so its changes are part of the bill from here on.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Adopted

What this amendment would do

This amendment would replace the existing text of the bill to require a study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine regarding the prevalence and mortality of cancer among certain individuals.

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs would seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies to conduct this study within 30 days of the act's enactment.

The study would focus on individuals who served on active duty in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps as aircrew members of fixed-wing aircraft, such as pilots or navigators.

The National Academies would identify exposures linked to these military occupations and review literature to find associations between those exposures and various types of cancer.

The study would use available data sources to determine how common these cancers are and how many people died from them.

Upon completion, the National Academies would submit a report containing the results to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the relevant committees in the House and Senate.