,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dajc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #cj1 #bjai,ms4 
,clarke of ,new ,york 7for herself1 ,ms4
 ,del,bene1 ,mr4 ,flores1 and ,mr4 ,ted 
,lieu of ,california7 introduced the    
following bill2 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 workers1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,virtual 
,reality ,technologies ,enabling        
,coaching and ,honing ,skills in        
,government ,act of #bjai or the ,,vr   
,,techs in ,government ,act of #bjai4   
#b4 ,establishment of the ,federal      
,advisory ,committee on the ,usability  
of ,reality ,technologies ,within the   
,federal ,government  7a7 ,in ,general  
,not later than #abj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,administrator of ,general ,services    

7referred to in this ,act as the        
,administrator71 in coordination with   
the ,director of the ,national          
,institute of ,standards and            
,technology1 shall establish an advisory
 committee to be known as the ,federal  
,advisory ,committee on the ,usability  
of ,reality ,technologies ,within the   
,federal ,government 7referred to in    
this ,act as the ,advisory ,committee74 
7b7 ,duties and ,advice ,the ,advisory  
,committee shall-- 7#a7 promote the     
importance of reality technology as a   
form of professional development for    
,federal workers2  7#b7 make            
recommendations and promulgate best     
practices to the ,administrator with    
respect to reality technology2  7#c7    
coordinate information sharing between  
,federal agencies with respect to the   
implementation of such best practices2  
7#d7 develop a definition suitable for  
use in legislation for reality          
technology that shall include mixed     
reality technology1 augmented reality   

technology1 and virtual reality         
technology2 and  7#e7 assess whether--  
7,a7 to create a professional           
development program to provide for the  
professional development of ,federal    
workers using reality technology2  7,b7 
to provide technical assistance for     
reality technology2  7,c7 to host       
workshops for ,federal agencies with    
respect to reality technology training2 
and  7,d7 to ensure annual training on  
reality technology usage for human      
resources departments at ,federal       
agencies4  7c7 ,membership  7#a7 ,voting
 ,members ,the ,administrator shall     
appoint the following voting members to 
the ,advisory ,committee3 7,a7 ,three   
members who are non-governmental experts
 on reality technology1 including--  7i7
 an expert who works in the reality     
technology industry2 and  7ii7 an expert
 who works in academia4  7,b7 ,two      
members who are employees of the        
,general ,services ,administration4     
7,c7 ,two members who are employees of  

the ,national ,institute of ,standards  
and ,technology4  7,d7 ,one employee of 
the ,office of ,personnel ,management4  
7,e7 ,the chair of the ,advisory        
,committee4  7#b7 ,chair ,the ,advisory 
,committee shall be chaired by the      
,administrator or the ,administrator's  
designee4  7#c7 ,nonvoting ,members ,the
 ,administrator shall appoint nonvoting 
members to the ,advisory ,committee1    
which shall include officers or         
employees from the following3  7,a7 ,the
 ,department of ,defense4  7,b7 ,the    
,department of ,education4  7,c7 ,the   
,department of ,labor4  7,d7 ,the       
,department of ,transportation4  7,e7   
,the ,national ,science ,foundation4    
7,f7 ,the ,national ,science and        
,technology ,council4  7,g7 ,an element 
of the intelligence community4  7d7     
,reports to ,congress ,the ,advisory    
,committee shall--  7#a7 not later than 
#abj days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 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 ,committee2 and  7#b7 not     
later than #edj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 submit to   
the ,general ,services ,administration1 
the ,national ,institute of ,standards  
and ,technology1 the ,committee on      
,oversight and ,reform of the ,house of 
,representatives1 and the ,committee on 
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate a report on any 
recommendations of the ,advisory        
,committee under subsection 7b74  7e7   
,limitation on compensation2 meetings   
,the members of the ,advisory ,committee
 may not be paid any compensation for   
serving on the ,advisory ,committee1    
including reimbursements for travel     
expenses4 ,all meetings of the ,advisory
 ,committee may be done remotely4