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Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act

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In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-21
Introduced
8
Cosponsors
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Nick LaLota
Nick LaLota
Republican · NY · Representative
Votes with party: 94.1% (597 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/L000598

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

2025-04-08

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Plain-English Summary

Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct an epidemiological study and report on the prevalence of cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer) in veterans who served in the Vietnam theater of operations during the Vietnam era. The study must identify the rate of incidence of cholangiocarcinoma in such veterans and in U.S. residents. The bill also requires the VA to track and report on the prevalence of cholangiocarcinoma using the Veterans Affairs Central Cancer Registry. Additionally, the VA must periodically submit follow-up reports to Congress regarding the epidemiological study and information collected from the cancer registry regarding the prevalence of bile duct cancer.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

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Armed Forces and National Security
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