§8814a Subcommittee on the Economic and Security Implications of Quantum Information Science

Summary

The President must set up a Subcommittee on the Economic and Security Implications of Quantum Information Science inside the National Science and Technology Council. It must include representatives from the Department of Energy, Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Department of Justice, National Science Foundation, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and any other federal agencies the President chooses. The Subcommittee must track federal investments in quantum research, and check the economic, security, and counterintelligence risks of those investments. The Subcommittee must make goals and priorities, recommend investment strategies, suggest export controls to the Secretaries of Commerce and State, and advise the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Energy on protections for identified threats. The Secretary of Energy, the Director of National Intelligence, and the Director of the National Quantum Coordination Office may give staff, equipment, and facilities to help. The OSTP Director and the DNI Director must provide special support for classified work, including secure facilities and storage.