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Veteran Appeals Transparency Act of 2025

H.R. 1741 · 119th Congress · Feb 27, 2025 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the online publication of the docket of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Veteran Appeals Transparency Act of 2025”.

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.”