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

Summary

The President must create, through the National Science and Technology Council, a Subcommittee on the Economic and Security Implications of Quantum Information Science. The Subcommittee must include representatives from 11 federal offices and agencies, including the Departments of Energy, Defense, Commerce, and Homeland Security; the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; the Office of Management and Budget; the Office of Science and Technology Policy; the Department of Justice; the National Science Foundation; the National Institute of Standards and Technology; and any other agencies the President chooses. The Subcommittee must track federal investments in quantum information science research and development and study their economic and security effects. It must check for counterintelligence risks and other foreign threats, set goals and priorities, and make recommendations to agencies and the National Quantum Coordination Office. It must review technology exports and suggest export controls to the Secretaries of Commerce and State, and recommend investment and protection strategies to the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Energy. The Secretary of Energy, the Director of National Intelligence, and the Director of the National Quantum Coordination Office may provide staff, equipment, facilities, and other support. The Director of OSTP and the Director of National Intelligence must provide support for work that involves classified information, including secure facilities and storage.