15 U.S.C. § 8813 — Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science

(a) Establishment: The President must establish, through the National Science and Technology Council, the Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science. (b) Membership: The Subcommittee must include a representative of (1) the National Institute of Standards and Technology; (2) the National Science Foundation; (3) the Department of Energy; (4) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (5) the Department of Defense; (6) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; (7) the Office of Management and Budget; (8) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; and (9) any other federal department or agency the President considers appropriate. (c) Chairpersons: The Subcommittee must be jointly chaired by the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Director of the National Science Foundation, and the Secretary of Energy. (d) Responsibilities: The Subcommittee must (1) coordinate the quantum information science and technology research, international-standards information sharing, and education activities and programs of the federal agencies; (2) establish the Program's goals and priorities, based on identified knowledge and workforce gaps and other national needs; (3) assess and recommend the federal infrastructure the Program needs; (4) assess the status, development, and diversity of the U.S. quantum information science workforce; (5) assess the global outlook for quantum information science research and development; (6) evaluate chances for international cooperation with strategic allies on quantum information science and technology research and development; and (7) propose a coordinated interagency budget for the Program to the Office of Management and Budget, to keep a balanced quantum information science research portfolio and an appropriate level of research effort. (e) Strategic plans: To guide the Program's activities and meet the goals, priorities, and expected outcomes of the federal departments and agencies described in (b), the Subcommittee must (1) develop a 5-year strategic plan no later than 1 year after December 21, 2018; (2) develop a subsequent 5-year strategic plan no later than 6 years after December 21, 2018; and (3) periodically update each plan, as necessary. (f) Submittal to Congress: The Subcommittee's chairpersons must send each strategic plan developed under (e), and any updates to it, to the President, the Advisory Committee, and Congress's appropriate committees. (g) Annual program budget report: (1) Each year, at the same time the President submits the annual budget request to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, the Subcommittee's chairpersons must send Congress's appropriate committees, and any other committees they consider appropriate, a report on the Program's budget. (2) Each report must include (A) the Program's current fiscal year budget for each federal department and agency described in (b), (B) the Program's proposed budget for the next fiscal year, for each of those departments and agencies, and (C) an analysis of progress toward the goals and priorities established under (d)(2). (h) Report on quantum networking and communications: (1) No later than January 1, 2026, the Quantum Networking Working Group within the Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science of the National Science and Technology Council, working with the Subcommittee on the Economic and Security Implications of Quantum Information Science, must send Congress's appropriate committees a report detailing a plan to advance quantum networking and communications technology in the United States, building on the reports titled A Strategic Vision for America's Quantum Networks and A Coordinated Approach for Quantum Networking Research. (2) That report must include (A) an update to the report titled Coordinated Approach to Quantum Networking Research Report, focused on a framework for interagency collaboration on advancing quantum networking research; (B) a plan for the federal government to partner with the private sector and coordinate across agencies on engaging with international standards for quantum networking and communications technology, including a list of federal priorities for those standards; (C) a proposal to protect national security interests as quantum networking and communications technology advances; (D) an assessment of where the United States stands relative to other countries in the global race to develop, demonstrate, and use quantum networking and communications technology; (E) recommendations to Congress for legislative action on the matters covered in (A) through (D); and (F) any other matters the Quantum Network Working Group considers necessary to advance the security of communications and network infrastructure, stay at the forefront of scientific discovery in quantum information science, and turn quantum information science research into the emerging quantum technology economy.