Congress·In Committee·S. 2855

Job Training: Virtual Reality Grants for Community Colleges

Immersive Technology for the American Workforce Act of 2025

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This bill creates a new grant program through the Labor Department to help community colleges and technical schools use virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) to train workers.
The program would provide $50 million each year from 2026 to 2035 to help schools build digital training tools for high-demand jobs in their local areas.
The training is specifically designed to help veterans, people with disabilities, and workers in rural communities or industries that are losing jobs.
Schools that receive the money must partner with local businesses to make sure students are learning the exact skills needed to get hired immediately after finishing the program.
The Labor Department will study which VR training methods work best and share those successful strategies on a public website for other schools to follow.

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Mar 19, 2026Senate

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

Sep 18, 2025Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Sep 18, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Immersive Technology for the American Workforce Act of 2025

Jan 7 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

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Immersive Technology for the American Workforce Act of 2025

Bill NumberS 2855

Congress119th Congress

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Latest ActionCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

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