H.R. 6698

Summary

H.R. 6698, the Board of Veterans Appeals Annual Report Transparency Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Dec 12, 2025 by Rep. Keith Self (R). It last saw action on May 14, 2026: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Record

Text

H.R. 6698 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 6698 IH: Board of Veterans Appeals Annual Report Transparency Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-12-12
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 6698  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   December 12, 2025   Mr. Self  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Veterans' Affairs    A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Board of Veterans’ Appeals to include in its annual report an identification of the factors contributing to untimely disposition and remand of appeals, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Board of Veterans Appeals Annual Report Transparency Act of 2025  .
2.
Identification of factors contributing to untimely disposition and remand of appeals
Section 7101(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (2)(F) by striking  and  at the end;
(2)
in paragraph (2)(G) by striking the period at the end and inserting  ; and ; and
(3)
in paragraph (2) by adding at the end the following:
(H)
with respect to cases pending before the Board under the new appeals system (as defined in section 6 of the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 ( Public Law 115–55 ; 131 Stat. 1127)) during that year that were not disposed of in a timely manner (as required by section 7101(a) of this title) by the end of that year, an identification by the Chairman of the factors contributing to the untimely disposition of such cases and, for each factor so identified, the number and percentage of such cases to which that factor contributed; and
(I)
with respect to cases pending before the Board (whether under the new or legacy appeals system) during that year that were remanded during that year, an identification by the Chairman of the factors contributing to the remand of such cases and, for each factor so identified, the number and percentage of such cases to which that factor contributed.
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To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Board of Veterans' Appeals to include in its annual report an identification of the factors contributing to untimely disposition and remand of appeals, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Keith Self (R) sponsors H.R. 6698 alone.

Keith Self

Rep. · R–TX-3 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 6698 went before 2 committees: Veterans' Affairs and Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee.

Veterans' Affairs

Veterans' Affairs

Markup By · May 14, 2026 · 285 Bills

Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee

Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee

Reported by · Mar 26, 2026 · 62 Bills

Actions

H.R. 6698 has taken 8 actions since Dec 12, 2025, the latest on May 14, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 6698 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 6698 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Board of Veterans Appeals Annual Report Transparency Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Board of Veterans Appeals Annual Report Transparency Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Board of Veterans' Appeals to include in its annual report an identification of the factors contributing to untimely disposition and remand of appeals, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for H.R. 6698, the latest on Jun 4, 2026.

• H.R. 6698, Board of Veterans Appeals Annual Report Transparency Act of 2025 — 2026-06-04As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 14, 2026

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 24 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 6698 in 4 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Veterans, Defense, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Education, Government Issues, Health Issues.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 24.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 6698 under Armed Forces and National Security, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 5 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 6698’s is Armed Forces and National Security.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 6698 carries 5 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Congressional oversight to Veterans' pensions and compensation.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 6698, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 210 (Friday, December 12, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SELF:H.R. 6698.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H5841]

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