Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act

Sponsored by Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY) · 8 active : 3 Republicans, 5 Democrats

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

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedApr 7, 2025
Senate: next
President: not yet

9 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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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.

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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.

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · HouseReferred to
Health · HouseReferred to
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Asia
Cancer
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Medical research
Veterans' medical care
Vietnam

Senate · 100 House · 433

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How the House breaks down

38Swing 70–100
204Middle 30–70
189Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

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Cosponsors

8 active

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Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)
Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1)
Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5)
Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6)
Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18)
Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)
Josh Riley (D-NY-19)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3)

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.