# 119-hr-6351: Advancing Regional Quantum Hubs Act

119-hr-6351, Advancing Regional Quantum Hubs Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4] (D-NY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-02).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6351
- Congress: 119
- Title: Advancing Regional Quantum Hubs Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-02
- Sponsor: Rep. Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-02

## Summary

**Boost regional quantum innovation and federal coordination.** This bill would expand the National Quantum Initiative Act to push federal agencies to back regional research, education, and entrepreneurship in quantum information science. - Regions and local economies: Geographic areas with quantum expertise would get focused federal support to build innovation, workforce, and business capacity. Agencies could fund those efforts using awards under section 10388 of the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act. - Researchers and educators: Universities, national labs, and training programs would receive explicit program support for regional collaborations in quantum information science in partnership with the Departments of Commerce and Energy and the National Science Foundation. - Federal coordination: The Economic Development Administration would join the QIS Subcommittee and the Subcommittee would be charged with facilitating interagency partnerships to address regional, national, societal, or geostrategic challenges.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23] (R-CA), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Grants to build regional quantum hubs: benefit, medium. If enacted, this bill would direct federal quantum programs to back regional hubs. Commerce, Energy, and the National Science Foundation would work together on grants for research, startups, and training. Support could include awards under an existing innovation fund in current law (42 U.S.C. 19108…
- Stronger federal teamwork on quantum regions: benefit, low. If enacted, this bill would add the Economic Development Administration to the federal quantum subcommittee. The subcommittee would be asked to help agencies partner with regions strong in quantum. The focus would be research, startups, education, and local jobs. This change would not provide new m…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-6351 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6351)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6351 (as of 2026-09-02).