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[H.R. 6698 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 737
119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6698

                          [Report No. 119-840]

    To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Board of 
Veterans' Appeals to include in its annual report an identification of 
the factors contributing to untimely disposition and remand of appeals, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 12, 2025

   Mr. Self introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

                            October 6, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           December 12, 2025]


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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Board of 
Veterans' Appeals to include in its annual report an identification of 
the factors contributing to untimely disposition and remand of appeals, 
                        and for other purposes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Board of Veterans Appeals Annual 
Report Transparency Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO UNTIMELY DISPOSITION 
              AND REMAND OF APPEALS.

    Section 7101(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(F) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2)(G) by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) in paragraph (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(H) with respect to cases pending before the Board under 
        the new appeals system (as defined in section 6 of the Veterans 
        Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 (Public Law 
        115-55; 131 Stat. 1127)) during that year that were not 
        disposed of in a timely manner (as required by section 7101(a) 
        of this title) by the end of that year, an identification by 
        the Chairman of the factors contributing to the untimely 
        disposition of such cases and, for each factor so identified, 
        the number and percentage of such cases to which that factor 
        contributed; and
            ``(I) with respect to cases pending before the Board 
        (whether under the new or legacy appeals system) during that 
        year that were remanded during that year, an identification by 
        the Chairman of the factors contributing to the remand of such 
        cases and, for each factor so identified, the number and 
        percentage of such cases to which that factor contributed.''.

SEC. 3. BOARD OF VETERANS' APPEALS PUBLICATION OF DATES OF DOCKET 
              ACTIVITY.

    Section 7107 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Publication of Expected Actions.--(1) On a weekly basis, for 
each docket, the Board shall publish, on a website of the Department, 
notice of the docket dates of the cases assigned to a Board member for 
a decision for that week.
    ``(2) Each notice published under paragraph (1) shall include a 
statement that an assignment described in such paragraph does not 
require the Board to issue a decision regarding the case during such 
week.
    ``(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a case--
            ``(A) that has been advanced under subsection (b); or
            ``(B) remanded by the United States Court of Appeals for 
        Veterans Claims.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 737

119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 6698

                          [Report No. 119-840]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

    To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Board of 
Veterans' Appeals to include in its annual report an identification of 
the factors contributing to untimely disposition and remand of appeals, 
                        and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            October 6, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed