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Amends Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science membership and responsibilities by adding the Economic Development Administration to the membership list and adding a new responsibility to facilitate interagency partnership opportunities to support regional innovation and capacity in quantum-related fields.
Amends the program components of the quantum information science research and education program by inserting a new subparagraph directing support, in collaboration with the Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of Energy, for regional innovation initiatives in quantum information science and technology (including activities under 42 U.S.C. 19108), and by redesignating existing subparagraphs accordingly.
Amends the components of the Department of Energy’s quantum information science research program by adding a new paragraph directing support, in collaboration with the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the National Science Foundation, for regional innovation initiatives in quantum information science and technology, and renumbering the existing paragraph (5) to (6).
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Introduced December 2, 2025 by Laura Gillen · Last progress December 2, 2025
Adds the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to the federal Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science and directs that subcommittee to help build interagency partnerships that support regional quantum innovation. It also clarifies and explicitly authorizes agencies such as Commerce, Energy, and the National Science Foundation to support regional quantum information science and technology initiatives and aligns those activities with related R&D and innovation authorities.
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Introduced in House