Title: VR TECHS in Government Act of 2019
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Virtual Reality Technologies Enabling Coaching and Honing Skills in Government Act of 2019 or the VR TECHS in Government Act of 2019
This bill directs the General Services Administration, in coordination with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to create the Federal Advisory Committee on the Usability of Reality Technologies Within the Federal Government.
Among other things, the advisory committee must promote the importance of reality technology as a form of professional development for federal workers and establish best practices with respect to the use of reality technology.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4103 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Virtual Reality Technologies 
Enabling Coaching and Honing Skills in Government Act of 2019'' or the 
``VR TECHS in Government Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE 
              USABILITY OF REALITY TECHNOLOGIES WITHIN THE FEDERAL 
              GOVERNMENT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services (referred 
to in this Act as the ``Administrator''), in coordination with the 
Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall 
establish an advisory committee to be known as the Federal Advisory 
Committee on the Usability of Reality Technologies Within the Federal 
Government (referred to in this Act as the ``Advisory Committee'').
    (b) Duties and Advice.--The Advisory Committee shall--
            (1) promote the importance of reality technology as a form 
        of professional development for Federal workers;
            (2) make recommendations and promulgate best practices to 
        the Administrator with respect to reality technology;
            (3) coordinate information sharing between Federal agencies 
        with respect to the implementation of such best practices;
            (4) develop a definition suitable for use in legislation 
        for reality technology that shall include mixed reality 
        technology, augmented reality technology, and virtual reality 
        technology; and
            (5) assess whether--
                    (A) to create a professional development program to 
                provide for the professional development of Federal 
                workers using reality technology;
                    (B) to provide technical assistance for reality 
                technology;
                    (C) to host workshops for Federal agencies with 
                respect to reality technology training; and
                    (D) to ensure annual training on reality technology 
                usage for human resources departments at Federal 
                agencies.
    (c) Membership.--
            (1) Voting members.--The Administrator shall appoint the 
        following voting members to the Advisory Committee:
                    (A) Three members who are non-governmental experts 
                on reality technology, including--
                            (i) an expert who works in the reality 
                        technology industry; and
                            (ii) an expert who works in academia.
                    (B) Two members who are employees of the General 
                Services Administration.
                    (C) Two members who are employees of the National 
                Institute of Standards and Technology.
                    (D) One employee of the Office of Personnel 
                Management.
                    (E) The chair of the Advisory Committee.
            (2) Chair.--The Advisory Committee shall be chaired by the 
        Administrator or the Administrator's designee.
            (3) Nonvoting members.--The Administrator shall appoint 
        nonvoting members to the Advisory Committee, which shall 
        include officers or employees from the following:
                    (A) The Department of Defense.
                    (B) The Department of Education.
                    (C) The Department of Labor.
                    (D) The Department of Transportation.
                    (E) The National Science Foundation.
                    (F) The National Science and Technology Council.
                    (G) An element of the intelligence community.
    (d) Reports to Congress.--The Advisory Committee shall--
            (1) not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act, submit to the Committee on Oversight and Reform of 
        the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
        Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the 
        establishment of the Advisory Committee; and
            (2) not later than 540 days after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act, submit to the General Services Administration, the 
        National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Committee 
        on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives, and 
        the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 
        the Senate a report on any recommendations of the Advisory 
        Committee under subsection (b).
    (e) Limitation on Compensation; Meetings.--The members of the 
Advisory Committee may not be paid any compensation for serving on the 
Advisory Committee, including reimbursements for travel expenses. All 
meetings of the Advisory Committee may be done remotely.
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