§8801 — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

Summary

Defines key terms used in this chapter. Advisory Committee is the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee. Appropriate committees of Congress are the Senate Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and on Energy and Natural Resources, and the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Coordination Office is the National Quantum Coordination Office. Institution of higher education is as defined in Title 20, section 1001(a). Program is the National Quantum Initiative Program. Quantum information science is using quantum physics to handle information. Quantum network infrastructure is the facilities, skills, or tools needed for scalable quantum networks. Subcommittee on Economic and Security Implications and Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science are the two named subcommittees.

Title 15, §8801

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In this chapter:

(1)The term “Advisory Committee” means the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee established under section 8814(a) of this title.

(2)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.

(3)The term “Coordination Office” means the National Quantum Coordination Office established under section 8812(a) of this title.

(4)The term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given the term in section 1001(a) of title 20.

(5)The term “Program” means the National Quantum Initiative Program implemented under section 8811(a) of this title.

(6)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)The term “quantum network infrastructure” means any facility, expertise, or capability that is necessary to enable the development and deployment of scalable and diverse quantum network technologies.

(8)The term “Subcommittee on Economic and Security Implications” means the Subcommittee on the Economic and Security Implications of Quantum Information Science established under section 8814a(a) of this title.

(8)The term “Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science” means the Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science of the National Science and Technology Council established under section 8813(a) of this title.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2022—Pars. (7), (8). Pub. L. 117–167 added par. (7) and redesignated former par. (7) relating to Subcommittee on Economic and Security Implications as (8). 2021—Pars. (7), (8). Pub. L. 117–81 added pars. (7) and (8) and struck out former par. (7) which defined “Subcommittee”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title

Pub. L. 115–368, § 1(a), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5092, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘National Quantum Initiative Act’.”

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