S.Amdt. 3107

SA 3107. Mr. KELLY (for himself and Mr. Cotton) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3038 submitted by Ms.
Collins and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 3944, making
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2026, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place in title II of division A, insert
the following:
Sec. ___.  From among funds made available to the Medical
and Prosthetic Research account, $2,000,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be made available for the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement with
the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
to conduct a study on the prevalence and mortality of cancers
among individuals who served as active duty aircrew in the
Armed Forces:  Provided, That the panel or panels established
by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and
Medicine to conduct the study shall identify exposures
associated with military occupations of those individuals,
including relating to chemicals, compounds, agents, and other
phenomena:  Provided further, That the study shall review
existing studies to determine associations between exposures
and the incidence of overall cancer morbidity, cancer
mortality, and increased prevalence of brain cancer, colon
and rectal cancers, kidney cancer, lung cancer, melanoma skin
cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, pancreatic cancer, prostate
cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid cancer, urinary bladder
cancer, and any other cancers determined appropriate by the
Secretary:  Provided further, That the agreement shall
require that, not later than 3 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the National Academies of Sciences,
Engineering, and Medicine shall submit to the Secretary and
Congress a report on its systematic review and data analysis
of the research topics covered under this section.
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