,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bja  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #bc1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,kelly 7for himself and ,mr4  
,cotton7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a  
,,bill  ,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 ,act4   
#b4 ,national ,academies study on       
prevalence and mortality of cancer among
 individuals who served as active duty  
aircrew in the ,armed ,forces  7a7 ,in  
general ,the ,secretary of ,veterans    
,affairs shall 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  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
 ,secretary and to the ,committee on    
,veterans' ,affairs of the ,senate 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