[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2403]
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  SA 237. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in title III, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 3__. USE OF IMMERSIVE LEARNING ACROSS TRAINING 
                   ORGANIZATIONS AND MAJOR COMMANDS OF THE AIR 
                   FORCE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall fully 
     integrate and scale the use of immersive learning across 
     training organizations and major commands of the Air Force as 
     a program of record.
       (b) Minimize Cost.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall 
     make efforts to minimize the cost of developing immersive 
     learning training required under subsection (a) by employing 
     software solutions that provide low-code and no-code 
     capabilities--
       (1) to enable members of the Air Force to create, manage, 
     and sustain the curriculum going forward; and
       (2) to enable instructors to record, edit, and adjust 
     courses without added scope or cost.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall 
     submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
     the House of Representatives a report on the progress of the 
     Secretary in incorporating immersive learning platforms into 
     a new program of record to deliver a modernized training 
     capability to members of the Air Force.
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