---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 7734"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "7734"
heading: "Annual report to Congress"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/7734"
units:
  - "Part V — Boards, Administrations, and Services"
  - "Chapter 77 — Veterans Benefits Administration"
  - "Subchapter II — Quality Assurance"
---

# §7734. Annual report to Congress


The [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall include in the annual report to the Congress required by [section 529 of this title](/usc/38/529.md) a report on the quality assurance activities carried out under this subchapter. Each such report shall include—

- (1) an appraisal of the quality of services provided by the [Veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) Benefits Administration, including—
  - (A) the number of decisions reviewed;
  - (B) a summary of the findings on the decisions reviewed;
  - (C) the number of full-time equivalent employees assigned to quality assurance in each division or entity;
  - (D) specific documentation of compliance with the standards for independence and internal control required by [section 7731(b) of this title](/usc/38/7731.md?p=b); and
  - (E) actions taken to improve the quality of services provided and the results obtained;
- (2) information with respect to the accuracy of decisions, including trends in that information; and
- (3) such other information as the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) considers appropriate.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 106–117, § 801(a)(1), Nov. 30, 1999, 113 Stat. 1585.)