§8812 National Quantum Coordination Office

Summary

The President must create a National Quantum Coordination Office. The office will have a Director picked by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy after consulting the Secretary of Commerce, the Director of the National Science Foundation, and the Secretary of Energy. Its staff will come from the federal departments and agencies listed in section 8813(b). The office must support three groups (the Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science, the Advisory Committee, and the Subcommittee on Economic and Security Implications), coordinate the Program across agencies and joint funding efforts, act as the main federal contact for civilian quantum activities with agencies, industry, universities, professional societies, and states, and make sure collaborative ventures, multidisciplinary centers, and national research centers (see sections 8831(a), 8842(a), and 8852(a)) work together. It must also do public outreach, share the Advisory Committee’s findings, help move new quantum technologies into federal missions and industry (including startups), and help provide open, merit-reviewed access to existing quantum computing and communication systems for the wider user community. Each fiscal year, the departments and agencies named in section 8813(b) must provide the funds needed as decided by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.