Bills · 119th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

ACES Act of 2025

Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent — no individual positions were recorded.

Official summary (CRS)

ACES Act of 2025

This act requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study and report on the prevalence and mortality of cancers among veterans who served on active duty as aircrew members and regularly flew in fixed-wing aircraft.

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Sponsor
Sen. Mark Kelly ( Democrat · AZ)
Cosponsors
3
Introduced
1/23/25
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Status
1/23/25Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
1/23/25Introduced in Senate
3/11/25Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-35.
6/3/25Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S3209-3210)
6/3/25Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
6/3/25Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S3209-3210)
6/3/25Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
6/4/25Held at the desk.
6/4/25Received in the House.
6/4/25Message on Senate action sent to the House.
7/21/25Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
7/21/25On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3487)
7/21/25Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3487)
7/21/25DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 201.
7/21/25Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3487-3489)
7/21/25Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
8/12/25Presented to President.
8/14/25Became Public Law No: 119-32.
8/14/25Signed by President.