House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 23, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 12, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1273.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ZELDIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 34, February 23, 2021, Page H589):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 23, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1273, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1273
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
17 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 17 cosponsors (59%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Ed Case (D-HI), James Cooper (D-TN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), H. Griffith (R-VA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Ron Kind (D-WI), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Bill Posey (R-FL), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lee Zeldin.
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- H.Res. 283 (117th) Establishing a "Bill of Rights" to support United States law enforcement personnel nationwide in their work to protect our communities.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.