House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Board of Veterans Appeals Annual Report Transparency Act of 2025
Official title: 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.
Sponsor: Rep. Keith Self R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 12, 2025
- Committee actionMay 14, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 6, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 737.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6698.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6698, Board of Veterans Appeals Annual Report Transparency Act of 2025” on June 4, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 14, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 4, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62472
- CBO publication date
- June 4, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6698, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6698
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
55ba6d3a348a8276eeb588db7056881e20377407bc19492349bed39c50a45584
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-840 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on October 6, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 6, 2026 ↗
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- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/840
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6698, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6698
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
55ba6d3a348a8276eeb588db7056881e20377407bc19492349bed39c50a45584
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SELF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 210, December 12, 2025, Page H5841):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6698, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6698
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
55ba6d3a348a8276eeb588db7056881e20377407bc19492349bed39c50a45584
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 6411 (119th) Preshevo Valley Discrimination Assessment Act
Related bills
- H.R. 1741 (119th) Veteran Appeals Transparency Act of 2025Related bill
- H.R. 5870 (118th) Veteran Appeals Transparency Act of 2024Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.