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Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] · D–WA
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-03-25 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed United States Leadership in Immersive Technology Act of 2025 would create a federal advisor and advisory panel focused on technologies that combine digital content with the physical world or replace a person's surroundings with a simulated environment. The panel would study the industry's economic and national security implications and recommend federal action. Its work would address businesses, workers, consumers, privacy, and accessibility; these are proposed studies and recommendations, not established benefits.
This Act may be cited as the United States Leadership in Immersive Technology Act of 2025.
The term immersive technology means technology that is deployed into interstate commerce and that integrates the physical environment with digital content to support user engagement, including augmented reality, mixed reality, and virtual reality.
The term virtual reality means an immersive technology tool that occludes the physical surroundings of a user and replaces it with a simulated virtual or digital environment.
The Secretary, in consultation with the appropriate committees of Congress, shall designate a principal advisor on immersive technology.
the Secretary shall establish the Immersive Technology Advisory Panel to make recommendations on the use of immersive technology in the United States.
the Advisory Panel shall complete a study on the state of the immersive technology industry and the effect of such industry on the economic competitiveness and national security of the United States.
assess the ways in which immersive technology benefits businesses (including small- and medium-sized businesses), including— (i) by facilitating the delivery of essential human services; and (ii) by supporting workforce development in critical sectors;
protects individual rights, including with respect to— (I) privacy; (II) accessibility; (III) digital identity; and (IV) intellectual property;
Civil society, with respect to expertise in the impact of immersive technology on consumers.
The findings present Congress's rationale for the proposal: they describe immersive technology as a potential next major computing platform and express a goal of United States leadership. These statements are legislative assertions and expectations, not proof of future economic or social effects.
Congress finds the following:
Immersive technology, which includes augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality, is widely expected to function as the next major computing platform.
It is in the best interests of the United States to lead the world in the use of immersive technology such that the next computing platform is imbued with the fundamental values of the United States.
The bill's definition covers immersive technology deployed in interstate commerce, meaning commerce across state lines. Augmented reality adds digital information to a view of the physical world; virtual reality replaces that view with a simulated environment; mixed reality blends the two and lets users interact with virtual elements.
The term immersive technology means technology that is deployed into interstate commerce and that integrates the physical environment with digital content to support user engagement, including augmented reality, mixed reality, and virtual reality.
The term augmented reality means a changed version of reality created by overlaying digital information onto the view of the physical world through the use of a device.
The term mixed reality means an immersive technology tool that blends augmented and virtual reality, allowing users to experience simulated content within their physical worlds and to manipulate and interact with virtual elements in real time.
The term virtual reality means an immersive technology tool that occludes the physical surroundings of a user and replaces it with a simulated virtual or digital environment.
The Commerce Secretary would designate a principal advisor after consulting the specified congressional committees. The advisor would support recommendations on immersive technology use and consider policies and programs to improve coordination among federal agencies.
The term Secretary means the Secretary of Commerce.
The Secretary, in consultation with the appropriate committees of Congress, shall designate a principal advisor on immersive technology.
The principal advisor on immersive technology shall— (1) support and promote the improvement, deployment, and security of recommendations on the use of immersive technology in the United States; and (2) consider policies and programs to encourage and improve coordination among agencies with respect to immersive technology.
Within 180 days after enactment, the Secretary would have to establish the advisory panel. The Secretary would appoint its chair after consulting the specified congressional committees and select its vice chair from the listed federal members, also in consultation with those committees.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish the Immersive Technology Advisory Panel to make recommendations on the use of immersive technology in the United States.
The Secretary, in consultation with the appropriate committees of Congress, shall appoint a chairperson of the Advisory Panel.
A Vice Chair, who shall be selected by the Secretary, in consultation with the appropriate committees of Congress, from among the members listed in paragraph (3).
The panel would include the chair, the federal science policy director, and the heads of nine named departments, with designees permitted for those federal officials. It would also include 6–10 experts appointed by the Secretary after congressional consultation, drawn from academia, think tanks, technology firms, civil society with consumer expertise, or other sectors the Secretary considers appropriate after consultation.
The Advisory Panel shall consist of the following members: (1) The Chairperson, appointed under subsection (b).
Each of the following (or their designee): (A) The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. (B) The Secretary of Defense. (C) The Secretary of Energy. (D) The Secretary of State. (E) The Secretary of Labor. (F) The Secretary of Education. (G) The Secretary of Health and Human Services. (H) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs. (I) The Secretary of Transportation. (J) The Secretary of Agriculture.
Not fewer than 6 and not more than 10 experts appointed by the Secretary, in consultation with the appropriate committees of Congress, from among the following: (A) Academic institutions. (B) Think tanks. (C) Private sector technology firms. (D) Civil society, with respect to expertise in the impact of immersive technology on consumers. (E) Any other sector as the Secretary, in consultation with the appropriate committees of Congress, determines appropriate.
The panel would assess economic effects and recommend ways to support United States competitiveness and cooperation between government and businesses. Its recommendations would cover technical standards, strategic investments, cybersecurity, and bringing technology to market.
The Advisory Panel shall— (1) assess the economic impact of immersive technology; and (2) make recommendations on— (A) the manner by which immersive technology can be used to ensure the economic competitiveness of the United States; (B) institutional processes that promote collaboration between the Federal Government and the private sector on matters relating to immersive technology, including— (i) technical standards; (ii) strategic investments; (iii) cybersecurity; and (iv) commercialization;
The panel would recommend safeguards for ethical use and protection of personal data and privacy. It would also recommend how the federal government could lead internationally and work with allied nations. This provision requires recommendations; it does not itself impose those safeguards on technology providers.
make recommendations on—
(C) safeguards that are necessary to ensure that immersive technology is used ethically to protect individual data and privacy; and (D) the manner by which the Federal Government can provide global leadership in immersive technology and collaborate with allied nations.
The panel would have to meet at least once every four months. The Secretary would provide administrative and technical support.
The Advisory Panel shall meet not less frequently than once every 4 months.
The Secretary shall provide to the Advisory Panel administrative and technical support.
Within two years after enactment, the panel would have to complete a study of the industry and its implications for economic competitiveness and national security. The study would examine how immersive technology fits among other emerging technologies and how strategic investments could support technology priorities identified in a referenced law.
Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Advisory Panel shall complete a study on the state of the immersive technology industry and the effect of such industry on the economic competitiveness and national security of the United States.
assess the role of immersive technology in the broader emerging technology ecosystem and the manner in which the United States can make strategic investments that support the key technology focus areas identified in section 10387(c) of the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 19107(c));
The study would examine economic effects across manufacturing, energy, public safety, health care, urban planning, construction, automotive, agriculture, workforce development, retail, education, and entertainment. It would also assess benefits to businesses, including small and medium-sized businesses, through human services and workforce development. These are questions the study must assess, not demonstrated outcomes.
examine the economic impact of the use of immersive technology across key sectors, including manufacturing, energy, public safety, health care, urban planning, construction, automotive, agriculture, workforce development, retail, education, and entertainment;
assess the ways in which immersive technology benefits businesses (including small- and medium-sized businesses), including— (i) by facilitating the delivery of essential human services; and (ii) by supporting workforce development in critical sectors;
The panel would determine investment and staffing needs for timely deployment intended to support United States global leadership. This is a study requirement, not an allocation of money to carry out those investments.
In conducting the study required by paragraph (1), the Advisory Panel shall—
determine the investment and personnel needed for the timely and successful deployment of immersive technology that ensures the global leadership of the United States;
The study would identify voluntary standards or best practices for ease of use and protection of privacy, accessibility, digital identity, and intellectual property. It would also assess national and economic security benefits and risks, ways to increase benefits and reduce risks, and all of the panel's stated objectives.
identify any voluntary standard or best practice needed to ensure that immersive technology is designed and deployed in a manner that— (i) facilitates ease of use; and (ii) protects individual rights, including with respect to— (I) privacy; (II) accessibility; (III) digital identity; and (IV) intellectual property;
assess the national and economic security benefits and risks associated with immersive technology and the ways in which the benefits can be maximized and the risks mitigated; and (G) address the objectives described in section 5(d).
Within 90 days after the study is completed, the Secretary would have to report its findings and recommendations for congressional action to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee. These are also the committees specified for consultation on appointments. The Secretary would have to publish the report on a publicly accessible White House website.
Not later than 90 days after the date on which the study is completed under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on— (A) the findings of the study; and (B) recommendations based on the findings of the study for congressional action.
The term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
The Secretary, in consultation with the appropriate committees of Congress, shall appoint a chairperson of the Advisory Panel.
The Secretary shall publish the report required by paragraph (1) on a publicly accessible website of the White House.
The official-actions snapshot updated June 11, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 25, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2026-06-11T23:26:33Z. 2025-03-25: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 2025-03-25: Introduced in House
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