1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Appeals Efficiency Act of 2024 . 2. Improvements to efficiency of adjudications and appeals of claims for benefits under laws administered by Secretary of Veterans Affairs (a) Annual report on length of adjudications (1) In general Section 5109B of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (A) by striking The Secretary and inserting (a) In general.— The Secretary ; and (B) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Annual report The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate an annual report that includes, with respect to the period covered by the report, a statement of the average length of time a claim (or issue within a claim) that is remanded by the Board of Veterans' Appeals is pending before the Secretary after such return or remand. . (2) Deadline The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit the first report required by subsection (b) of section 5109B of such title (as added by paragraph (1)) by not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Requirement To track certain claims for benefits (1) In general Chapter 51 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5109B the following new section: 5109C. Requirement to track and maintain information on certain claims for benefits; notice of certain assignments (a) In general The Secretary shall use technology to track and maintain information (including information with respect to timeliness) on— (1) claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary (including issues within such claims) that are— (A) continuously pursued in accordance with— (i) sections 5104C(a) and 5110(a)(2) of this title; or (ii) any other policy established by the Secretary; (B) filed in the National Work Queue (or any successor system) but have not been assigned to an office of the Veterans Benefits Administration for adjudication