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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5870 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 555
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5870

                          [Report No. 118-659]

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to 
 the processing of claims for benefits under the laws administered by 
 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the transparency of actions of 
          Board of Veterans' Appeals, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 2, 2023

Mr. Self (for himself and Mr. McGarvey) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

                           September 10, 2024

  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 October 
                                2, 2023]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to 
 the processing of claims for benefits under the laws administered by 
 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the transparency of actions of 
          Board of Veterans' 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 ``Veteran Appeals Transparency Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. 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. 555

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5870

                          [Report No. 118-659]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to 
 the processing of claims for benefits under the laws administered by 
 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the transparency of actions of 
          Board of Veterans' Appeals, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 10, 2024

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