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Main Subject: Armed Forces and National Security

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 shall 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.

Senate Actions

IntroReferral
Sep. 18 2024	Received in the Senate.

House floor actions Actions

Floor
Sep. 17 2024	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5277) DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4424. Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5277-5278) Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Calendars
Jul. 22 2024	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 500.

Committee
Jul. 22 2024	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-600.

IntroReferral
Jun. 30 2023	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Library of Congress Actions

Floor
Sep. 17 2024	Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5277)

Committee
Jul. 22 2024	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-600.

IntroReferral
Jun. 30 2023	Introduced in House

House committee actions Actions

Committee
May. 01 2024	Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged
Apr. 16 2024	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote. Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mar. 21 2024	Subcommittee Hearings Held
Oct. 24 2023	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Aug. 08 2023	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

House bill HR4424-118

Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act

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