#aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4   
#bja  ,,an ,,act  ,to provide for a     
study by the ,national ,academies of    
,sciences1 ,engineering1 and ,medicine  
on the prevalence and mortality of      
cancer among individuals who served as  
active duty aircrew in the ,armed       
,forces1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,aces ,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,national
 ,academies study on prevalence and     
mortality of cancer among individuals   
who served as active duty aircrew in the
 ,armed ,forces  7a7 ,agreement  7#a7   
,in general ,not later than #cj days    
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary of ,veterans       
,affairs shall seek to enter into an    
agreement with the ,national ,academies 
of ,sciences1 ,engineering1 and         
,medicine 7in this section referred to  
as the ,national ,academies71 under     
which the ,national ,academies shall    
conduct a study on the prevalence and   
mortality of cancers among covered      

individuals4  7#b7 ,deadline  7,a7 ,date
 ,the ,secretary shall finalize the     
agreement under paragraph 7#a7 by not   
later than #fj days after the date on   
which the ,secretary enters negotiations
 with the ,national ,academies with     
respect to such agreement4  7,b7        
,report2 briefings ,if the ,secretary   
fails to satisfy the requirement under  
subparagraph 7,a71 the ,secretary       
shall-- 7i7 submit to the ,committee on 
,veterans' ,affairs of the ,senate and  
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs of
 the ,house of ,representatives a report
 that includes-- 7,i7 an explanation of 
the reasons the ,secretary failed to    
satisfy such requirement2 and  7,,ii7 an
 estimate of the date on which the      
,secretary will finalize the agreement  
under paragraph 7#a72 and  7ii7 not less
 frequently than once every #fj days    
after the date on which the ,secretary  
failed to satisfy such requirement1     
provide to the ,committee on ,veterans' 
,affairs of the ,senate and the         

,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs of the
 ,house of ,representatives a briefing  
on the progress of the ,secretary toward
 finalizing such agreement4  7b7 ,study 
,the study required under subsection 7a7
 shall-- 7#a7 identify exposures        
associated with military occupations of 
covered individuals1 including relating 
to chemicals1 compounds1 agents1 and    
other phenomena2  7#b7 review the       
literature to determine associations    
between exposures referred to in        
paragraph 7#a7 and the incidence or     
prevalence of overall cancer morbidity1 
overall cancer mortality1 and increased 
incidence or prevalence of-- 7,a7 brain 
cancer2  7,b7 colon and rectal cancers2 
7,c7 kidney cancer2  7,d7 lung cancer2  
7,e7 melanoma skin cancer2  7,f7        
non-,hodgkin lymphoma2  7,g7 pancreatic 
cancer2  7,h7 prostate cancer2  7,i7    
testicular cancer2  7,j7 thyroid cancer2
  7,k7 urinary bladder cancer2 and  7,l7
 other cancers as determined appropriate
 by the ,secretary of ,veterans         

,affairs1 in consultation with the      
,national ,academies2 and  7#c7         
determine1 to the extent possible1 the  
prevalence of and mortality from the    
cancers specified in paragraph 7#b7     
among covered individuals by using      
available sources of data1 which may    
include-- 7,a7 health care and other    
administrative databases of the         
,department of ,veterans ,affairs1 the  
,department of ,defense1 and the        
individual ,services1 respectively2     
7,b7 the national death index maintained
 by the ,national ,center for ,health   
,statistics of the ,centers for ,disease
 ,control and ,prevention2 and  7,c7 the
 study conducted under section #gej of  
the ,william ,m4 7,mac7 ,thornberry     
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjba 7,public ,law   
#aaf-bhc2 #acd ,stat4 #cgaf74  7c7      
,report ,at the conclusion of the study 
required under subsection 7a71 the      
,national ,academies shall submit to the
 ,secretary1 the ,committee on          

,veterans' ,affairs of the ,senate1 and 
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs of
 the ,house of ,representatives a report
 containing the results of the study    
described in subsection 7b74  7d7       
,covered individual defined ,in this    
section1 the term covered individual    
means an individual who served on active
 duty in the ,army1 ,navy1 ,air ,force1 
or ,marine ,corps as an aircrew member  
of a fixed-wing aircraft1 including as a
 pilot1 navigator1 weapons systems      
operator1 aircraft system operator1 or  
any other crew member who regularly flew
 in a fixed-wing aircraft4  ,passed the 
,senate ,june #c1 #bjbe4,secretary