H. R. 6227 
One Hundred Fifteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen 
An Act 
To provide for a coordinated Federal program to accelerate quantum research and 
development for the economic and national security of the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National 
Quantum Initiative Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act 
is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
Sec. 3. Purposes. 
TITLE I—NATIONAL QUANTUM INITIATIVE 
Sec. 101. National Quantum Initiative Program. 
Sec. 102. National Quantum Coordination Office. 
Sec. 103. Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science. 
Sec. 104. National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee. 
Sec. 105. Sunset. 
TITLE II—NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
QUANTUM ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 201. National Institute of Standards and Technology activities and quantum 
consortium. 
TITLE III—NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION QUANTUM ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 301. Quantum information science research and education program. 
Sec. 302. Multidisciplinary Centers for Quantum Research and Education. 
TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY QUANTUM ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 401. Quantum Information Science Research program. 
Sec. 402. National Quantum Information Science Research Centers. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Advisory Committee’’ 
means the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee 
established under section 104(a). 
(2) APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CONGRESS.—The term 
‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
of the Senate; and 
(C) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
of the House of Representatives.
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(3) COORDINATION OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Coordination Office’’ 
means the National Quantum Coordination Office established 
under section 102(a). 
(4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘institu-
tion of higher education’’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1001(a)). 
(5) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means the National 
Quantum Initiative Program implemented under section 101(a). 
(6) QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE.—The term ‘‘quantum 
information science’’ means the use of the laws of quantum 
physics for the storage, transmission, manipulation, computing, 
or measurement of information. 
(7) SUBCOMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Subcommittee’’ means the 
Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science of the National 
Science and Technology Council established under section 
103(a). 
SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 
The purpose of this Act is to ensure the continued leadership 
of the United States in quantum information science and its tech-
nology applications by— 
(1) supporting research, development, demonstration, and 
application of quantum information science and technology— 
(A) to expand the number of researchers, educators, 
and students with training in quantum information science 
and technology to develop a workforce pipeline; 
(B) to promote the development and inclusion of multi-
disciplinary curriculum and research opportunities for 
quantum information science at the undergraduate, grad-
uate, and postdoctoral level; 
(C) to address basic research knowledge gaps, including 
computational research gaps; 
(D) to promote the further development of facilities 
and centers available for quantum information science and 
technology research, testing and education; and 
(E) to stimulate research on and promote more rapid 
development of quantum-based technologies; 
(2) improving the interagency planning and coordination 
of Federal research and development of quantum information 
science and technology; 
(3) maximizing the effectiveness of the Federal Govern-
ment’s quantum information science and technology research, 
development, and demonstration programs; 
(4) promoting collaboration among the Federal Govern-
ment, Federal laboratories, industry, and universities; and 
(5) promoting the development of international standards 
for quantum information science and technology security— 
(A) to facilitate technology innovation and private 
sector commercialization; and 
(B) to meet economic and national security goals.