H.R. 4424, the Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 1, 2024
By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars
2024
2024-2029
2024-2034
Direct Spending (Outlays)
*
1
-20
Revenues
0
0
0
Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit
*
1
-20
Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays)
*
3
5
Increases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2035?
< $2.5 billion
Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply?
Yes
Mandate Effects
Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2035?
< $5 billion
Contains intergovernmental mandate?
No
Contains private-sector mandate?
No
* = between zero and $500,000.
The bill would
Require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct a study on prevalence of cholangiocarcinoma (cancer of the bile ducts that has been linked to liver flukes)
Increase the fees that VA charges borrowers for home loan guarantees
Estimated budgetary effects would mainly stem from
Conducting a study on the prevalence of cholangiocarcinoma
Increasing the fees charged by VA for home loan guarantees
