CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

August Pfluger (R-TX)

ACES Act

H.R. 530 · House bill Armed Forces and National Security

A Republican bill with 16 Democratic cosponsors · See all 35 cosponsors

Last activity — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

In the other chamber's committee

Passed one chamber and has been handed to a committee in the other.

The committee decides whether it goes any further, and most bills that reach a committee never leave it. A committee that simply does nothing kills a bill without anyone ever voting against it, so no news from here is usually the news.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House 376–5
  3. In Senate committee

What this bill would do

The ACES Act requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to arrange for a study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. This study focuses on the prevalence and mortality of various cancers among individuals who served as active duty aircrew on fixed-wing aircraft. The study will identify related exposures and review literature to find associations between those exposures and specific cancers. Additionally, the bill extends certain limits on pension payments from November 30, 2031, to December 31, 2031.

Yes· 3 of 8

  • Scored +9

    Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together?

    The bill focuses specifically on cancer research for aircrew veterans and extends pension payment limits.

  • Scored +7

    Does this increase the pay, pensions or support veterans receive?

    The bill extends pension payment limits and seeks to identify health hazards for veterans.

  • Scored +6

    Does this help veterans get medical care?

    The bill mandates a study to identify cancer prevalence and exposures for veterans who served as fixed-wing aircrew.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.

What Congress actually voted on

One recorded vote has been taken on this bill.

  • The House: a fast-track vote, needing two-thirds to pass The House sets aside its normal procedure to move quickly: no amendments, little debate, and a two-thirds bar instead of a simple majority. It is used for measures expected to be uncontroversial, so a bill that fails here failed despite broad expectations that it would not. Passed 376 yes · 5 no

    See who voted how →

    05/05/2025 · Roll call 115 · recorded as “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended”