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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 8243

Introduced

Virtual Readiness Act of 2026

Sponsor
DEugene Simon Vindman· Virginia
Introduced
April 9, 2026
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.April 9, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8243 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8243

To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide to the congressional 
defense committees a briefing on the feasibility of using virtual 
constructive training to optimize the amount of in-air training used by 
the Armed Forces.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 9, 2026

Mr. Vindman (for himself and Mr. Beyer) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide to the congressional 
defense committees a briefing on the feasibility of using virtual 
constructive training to optimize the amount of in-air training used by 
the Armed Forces.

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 Readiness Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. BRIEFING ON VIRTUAL CONSTRUCTIVE TRAINING.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional 
defense committees (as such term is defined in section 101(a)(16) of 
title 10, United States Code) a briefing on the feasibility of using 
virtual constructive training to optimize the amount of in-air training 
used by the Armed Forces.
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