ANNUAL REPORT ON BOARD ACTIVITIES AND RESOURCES.

SEC. 208. ANNUAL REPORT ON BOARD ACTIVITIES AND RESOURCES. Section 4001 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(d)(1) After the end of each fiscal year, the Chairman shall prepare a report on the activities of the Board during that fiscal year and the projected activities of the Board for the fiscal year during which the report is prepared and the next fiscal year. Such report shall be included in the documents providing detailed information on the budget for the Veterans’ Administration that the Administrator submits to the Congress in conjunction with the President’s budget submission for any fiscal year pursuant to section 1105 of title 31. “(2) Each such report shall include, with respect to the preceding fiscal year, information specifying— “(A) the number of cases appealed to the Board during that year; “(B) the number of cases pending before the Board at the beginning and at the end of that year; “(C) the number of such cases which were filed during each of the 36 months preceding the current fiscal year; “(D) the average length of time a case was before the Board between the time of the filing of an appeal and the disposition during the preceding fiscal year; and “(E) the number of members of the Board at the end of the year and the number of professional, administrative, clerical, stenographic, and other personnel employed by the Board at the end of the preceding fiscal year. “(3) The projections in each such report for the current fiscal year and for the next fiscal year shall include (for each such year)— “(A) an estimate of the number of cases to be appealed to the Board; and “(B) an evaluation of the ability of the Board (based on existing and projected personnel levels) to ensure timely disposition of such appeals as required by section 4003(d) of this title.”.