# 119-hr-6698: Board of Veterans Appeals Annual Report Transparency Act of 2025

119-hr-6698, Board of Veterans Appeals Annual Report Transparency Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3] (R-TX); status in_committee (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6698
- Congress: 119
- Title: Board of Veterans Appeals Annual Report Transparency Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-12-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-17

## Summary

**Greater transparency into Board delays and remands** is the bill's central goal. It would require the Board of Veterans' Appeals to report annually on factors driving untimely dispositions and remands and to publish weekly docket-assignment notices for cases scheduled that week. - Veterans and claimants: Veterans and their representatives would get counts and percentages showing which factors contributed to untimely dispositions for cases under the new appeals system and which factors led to remands across all cases. This makes the causes of delay and remands easier to spot. - Public advocates and courts: The Board would post weekly notices of docket dates for cases assigned to a Board member, including a required statement that assignment does not obligate a decision that week. The weekly publication excludes cases advanced under subsection (b) and cases remanded by the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. - Board operations: The Board would add specific data-collection and reporting duties, including factor-by-factor counts and percentages tied to the statutory timely-disposition standard in 38 U.S.C. 7101(a), aligning annual reports with weekly transparency efforts.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Weekly docket notices for veterans: benefit, low. If enacted, the Board would publish weekly notices on the Department of Veterans Affairs website showing docket dates for cases assigned to a Board member that week. Each notice would state that assignment does not require a decision that week. The weekly posting would not apply to cases advanced u…

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- 119-hr-6764: Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee Oversight Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-6698 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6698)

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- [119-hr-9200: Secure the Border Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9200)
- [119-hr-5247: To provide for the International Security Affairs authorities of the Department…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5247)
- [119-hr-9199: Permanent Trump Secure Border Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9199)
- [119-hr-624: RIFLE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-624)
- [119-hr-6764: Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee Oversight Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6764)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6698 (as of 2026-10-17).