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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3115 

To amend the National Quantum Initiative Act to require the Secretary 

of Energy to conduct research on how quantum information science, 

technology, and engineering can enhance the resilience and security of 

the electric grid, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 24, 2023 

Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. PADILLA) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the National Quantum Initiative Act to require 

the Secretary of Energy to conduct research on how 

quantum information science, technology, and engineering can enhance the resilience and security of the electric 

grid, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Grid Resilience Innova5 tion and Development Act’’ or the ‘‘GRID Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE TO ENHANCE 

2 THE RESILIENCE, SECURITY, AND EFFI3 CIENCY OF THE ELECTRIC GRID. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the National Quantum 

5 Initiative Act (15 U.S.C. 8851 et seq.) is amended by add6 ing at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 405. QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE TO ENHANCE 

8 THE RESILIENCE AND SECURITY OF THE 

9 ELECTRIC GRID. 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy (re11 ferred to in this section as the ‘Secretary’) shall conduct 

12 research, development, and demonstration activities fo13 cused on the use of quantum information science, engi14 neering, and technology, including through quantum appli15 cations and quantum computing, to enhance the resilience, 

16 security, and efficiency of the electric grid in the United 

17 States. 

18 ‘‘(b) RESEARCH AREAS.—In carrying out subsection 

19 (a), the Secretary shall conduct research in the following 

20 areas: 

21 ‘‘(1) Fault detection and prediction. 

22 ‘‘(2) Grid security and safety, including through 

23 post-quantum cryptography. 

24 ‘‘(3) Integrated grid planning. 

25 ‘‘(4) Grid optimization. 

26 ‘‘(5) Enhanced modeling. 


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1 ‘‘(6) Energy storage. 

2 ‘‘(7) Energy market optimization. 

3 ‘‘(8) Any other area in which, in the determina4 tion of the Secretary, quantum information science, 

5 engineering, and technology can enhance the resil6 ience, security, and efficiency of the electric grid in 

7 the United States. 

8 ‘‘(c) COOPERATION.—To the extent practicable, the 

9 Secretary shall conduct research, development, and dem10 onstration activities under subsection (a) in cooperation, 

11 including through partnerships, as the Secretary deter12 mines to be appropriate, with members of relevant indus13 tries, National Laboratories, institutions of higher edu14 cation, and other relevant institutions, including research 

15 institutions, as determined by the Secretary.’’. 

16 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

17 in section 1(b) of the National Quantum Initiative Act 

18 (Public Law 115–368; 132 Stat. 5092; 136 Stat. 1441) 

19 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

20 404 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 405. Quantum information science to enhance the resilience and security 

of the electric grid.’’. 

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