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H.R. 586119th CongressArmed Forces and National Security
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.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate8 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedApr 7, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govVietnam 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
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 8Swing 70–100
- 78Middle 30–70
- 14Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, 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.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
8 activeShow all 8 cosponsors
- 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.
