H.R. 586 · 119th Congress · Armed forces and national security
Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
Bundled: this vote covered more than one measure.
House · Apr 7, 2025
Roll call ↗411
0
Passed the House.
The title describes only the cancer study, but Section 3 also extends a limitation on certain veterans' pension payments by one month. A member could not vote for the study without also voting for that pension change. The pension provision reads as a small budget offset, and it does not appear in the title.
Passed the House on April 7, 2025.
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- IntroducedJan 21, 2025
- CommitteeJan 21, 2025
- Passed HouseApr 7, 2025
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 8
- 5 Democrats, 3 Republicans
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsHouse Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- Lobbying
- At least 1
- organization named it2025 Q1 to 2026 Q3
What it does
This bill directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the CDC, to conduct an epidemiological study on the prevalence of cholangiocarcinoma, a bile-duct cancer associated with liver fluke infection, among veterans who served in the Vietnam theater of operations during the Vietnam era.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, April 7, 2025
Yea unless marked
D · House · NC-12
R · House · AL-4
D · House · CA-33
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
This bill directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the CDC, to conduct an epidemiological study on the prevalence of cholangiocarcinoma, a bile-duct cancer associated with liver fluke infection, among veterans who served in the Vietnam theater of operations during the Vietnam era. The study must begin within 120 days of enactment, compare the rate of the disease in these veterans against U.S. residents, and break the data down by age, gender, race, ethnicity, and the patient's location at diagnosis. The VA must report the results to Congress within one year of completing the study, include recommendations, and keep tracking the disease in follow-up reports. A separate provision extends a limitation on certain VA pension payments by one month, from November 30, 2031 to December 31, 2031.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 1 organization named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 7 quarterly reports filed by 1 organization lobbying for itself in 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
The organization named: Disabled American Veterans. Listed as filed. It is every client name on the filings counted here.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.