1HOUSE · APR 7, 2025
Passed the House
411–0PASSED
R 207–0 D 204–0
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll 89 · 22 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to study and report on the prevalence of cholangiocarcinoma in veterans who served in the Vietnam theater of operations during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Nick LaLota R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 2025
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseApr 7, 2025 · 411–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 8, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 586.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaLOTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 12, January 21, 2025, Page H258):Article 1 Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 53 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 586, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/586
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 July 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
Sent to: Veterans' Affairs Committee, Veterans' Affairs CommitteeBills with a CBO estimateBills with a committee reportSee it in the Data Web
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 586, last updated July 11, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 586. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
8 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 8 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Donald Davis (D-NC), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Marie Perez (D-WA), Josh Riley (D-NY), Patrick Ryan (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nick LaLota.
- H.R. 787 (119th) Plain Language in Contracting Act
- H.R. 835 (119th) 9/11 Memorial and Museum Act
- H.R. 788 (119th) DOE and SBA Research Act
- H.Res. 991 (119th) Requesting return of official papers on H.R. 1834.
- H.Res. 1394 (119th) Condemning prosecution policies that give preferential treatment to foreign nationals over United States citizens.
- H.Res. 742 (119th) Recognizing the 250th birthday of the United States Navy.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.