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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4103 

To establish an advisory committee to promote the use of reality technology 

as a tool for professional development for Federal workers, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2019 

Ms. CLARKE of New York (for herself, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. FLORES, and Mr. 

TED LIEU of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 

A BILL 

To establish an advisory committee to promote the use of 

reality technology as a tool for professional development 

for Federal workers, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Virtual Reality Tech5 nologies Enabling Coaching and Honing Skills in Govern6 ment Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘VR TECHS in Government 

7 Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FEDERAL ADVISORY COM2 MITTEE ON THE USABILITY OF REALITY 

3 TECHNOLOGIES WITHIN THE FEDERAL GOV4 ERNMENT. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 

7 General Services (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Adminis8 trator’’), in coordination with the Director of the National 

9 Institute of Standards and Technology, shall establish an 

10 advisory committee to be known as the Federal Advisory 

11 Committee on the Usability of Reality Technologies With12 in the Federal Government (referred to in this Act as the 

13 ‘‘Advisory Committee’’). 

14 (b) DUTIES AND ADVICE.—The Advisory Committee 

15 shall— 

16 (1) promote the importance of reality tech17 nology as a form of professional development for 

18 Federal workers; 

19 (2) make recommendations and promulgate best 

20 practices to the Administrator with respect to reality 

21 technology; 

22 (3) coordinate information sharing between 

23 Federal agencies with respect to the implementation 

24 of such best practices; 

25 (4) develop a definition suitable for use in legis26 lation for reality technology that shall include mixed 


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1 reality technology, augmented reality technology, 

2 and virtual reality technology; and 

3 (5) assess whether— 

4 (A) to create a professional development 

5 program to provide for the professional develop6 ment of Federal workers using reality tech7 nology; 

8 (B) to provide technical assistance for re9 ality technology; 

10 (C) to host workshops for Federal agencies 

11 with respect to reality technology training; and 

12 (D) to ensure annual training on reality 

13 technology usage for human resources depart14 ments at Federal agencies. 

15 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

16 (1) VOTING MEMBERS.—The Administrator 

17 shall appoint the following voting members to the 

18 Advisory Committee: 

19 (A) Three members who are non-govern20 mental experts on reality technology, includ21 ing— 

22 (i) an expert who works in the reality 

23 technology industry; and 

24 (ii) an expert who works in academia. 


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1 (B) Two members who are employees of 

2 the General Services Administration. 

3 (C) Two members who are employees of 

4 the National Institute of Standards and Tech5 nology. 

6 (D) One employee of the Office of Per7 sonnel Management. 

8 (E) The chair of the Advisory Committee. 

9 (2) CHAIR.—The Advisory Committee shall be 

10 chaired by the Administrator or the Administrator’s 

11 designee. 

12 (3) NONVOTING MEMBERS.—The Administrator 

13 shall appoint nonvoting members to the Advisory 

14 Committee, which shall include officers or employees 

15 from the following: 

16 (A) The Department of Defense. 

17 (B) The Department of Education. 

18 (C) The Department of Labor. 

19 (D) The Department of Transportation. 

20 (E) The National Science Foundation. 

21 (F) The National Science and Technology 

22 Council. 

23 (G) An element of the intelligence commu24 nity. 


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1 (d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Advisory Com2 mittee shall— 

3 (1) not later than 120 days after the date of 

4 the enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee 

5 on Oversight and Reform of the House of Represent6 atives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 

7 Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the 

8 establishment of the Advisory Committee; and 

9 (2) not later than 540 days after the date of 

10 the enactment of this Act, submit to the General 

11 Services Administration, the National Institute of 

12 Standards and Technology, the Committee on Over13 sight and Reform of the House of Representatives, 

14 and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov15 ernmental Affairs of the Senate a report on any rec16 ommendations of the Advisory Committee under 

17 subsection (b). 

18 (e) LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION; MEETINGS.— 

19 The members of the Advisory Committee may not be paid 

20 any compensation for serving on the Advisory Committee, 

21 including reimbursements for travel expenses. All meet22 ings of the Advisory Committee may be done remotely. 

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