‘‘(4) The number and type of dispositions, in-
cluding settlements. 
‘‘(5) The median time from filing to disposition. 
‘‘(6) The number of oral arguments. 
‘‘(7) The number and status of pending appeals 
and petitions and of applications described in para-
graph (3). 
‘‘(8) A summary of any service performed by 
recalled retired judges during the fiscal year. 
‘‘(9) The number of decisions or dispositions 
rendered by a single judge, multi-judge panels and 
the full Court. 
‘‘(10) The number of cases pending longer than 
18 months.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 72 of such title is amended 
by inserting after the item related to section 7287, the 
following new item: 
‘‘7288. Annual report.’’. 
SEC. 5. REPORT ON EXPANSION OF FACILITIES FOR 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR 
VETERANS CLAIMS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States Court of Appeals for 
Veterans Claims is currently located in the District 
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of Columbia in a commercial office building that is 
also occupied by other Federal tenants. 
(2) In February 2006, the General Services Ad-
ministration provided Congress with a preliminary 
feasibility analysis of a dedicated Veterans Court-
house and Justice Center that would house the 
Court and other entities that work with the Court. 
(3) In February 2007, the Court notified Con-
gress that the ‘‘most cost-effective alternative ap-
pears to be leasing substantial additional space in 
the current location’’, which would ‘‘require relo-
cating other current government tenants’’ from that 
building. 
(4) The February 2006 feasibility report of the 
General Services Administration does not include an 
analysis of whether it would be feasible or desirable 
to locate a Veterans Courthouse and Justice Center 
at the current location of the Court. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the United States Court of Appeals for Vet-
erans Claims should be provided with appropriate of-
fice space to meet its needs, as well as to provide the 
image, security, and stature befitting a court that 
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provides justice to the veterans of the United States; 
and 
(2) in providing that space, Congress should 
avoid undue disruption, inconvenience, or cost to 
other Federal entities. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator of General Services shall submit to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of 
Representatives a report on the feasibility of— 
(A) leasing additional space for the United 
States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims 
within the building where the Court was located 
on the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(B) using the entirety of such building as 
a Veterans Courthouse and Justice Center. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include a detailed analysis of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The impact that the matter analyzed 
in accordance with paragraph (1) would have 
on Federal tenants of the building used by the 
Court. 
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(B) Whether it would be feasible to relo-
cate such Federal tenants into office space that 
offers similar or preferable cost, convenience, 
and usable square footage. 
(C) If relocation of such Federal tenants is 
found to be feasible and desirable, an analysis 
of what steps should be taken to convert the 
building into a Veterans Courthouse and Jus-
tice Center and a time line for such conversion. 
(D) If relocation is not desirable, then the 
cost of constructing a new facility for the use 
as a Veterans Courthouse and Justice Center. 
(3) COMMENT
PERIOD.—The Administrator 
shall provide an opportunity to such Federal ten-
ants— 
(A) before the completion of the report re-
quired by paragraph (1), to comment on the 
subject of the report required by such para-
graph; and 
(B) before the Administrator submits the 
report required by paragraph (1) to the con-
gressional committees specified in such para-
graph, to comment on a draft of such report. 
Æ 
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