National Quantum Initiative Act

Law · 115-368 · Dec 21, 2018

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36 cosponsors · 15 D, 21 R

31 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

House Introduced Jun 26, 2018
House Passed Sep 13, 2018
Senate Passed Dec 13, 2018
House Changes resolved Dec 19, 2018 348–11
President To the President Dec 21, 2018
President Signed Dec 21, 2018
Law Dec 21, 2018

Quantum information science is the use of the laws of quantum physics for the storage, transmission, manipulation, or measurement of information.

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 21, 2018

National Quantum Initiative Act

TITLE I--NATIONAL QUANTUM INITIATIVE

(Sec. 101) This bill directs the President to implement a National Quantum Initiative Program to, among other things, establish the goals and priorities for a 10-year plan to accelerate the development of quantum information science and technology applications.

Quantum information science is the use of the laws of quantum physics for the storage, transmission, manipulation, or measurement of information.

(Sec. 103) The National Science and Technology Council shall establish a Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science, including membership from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to guide program activities.

(Sec. 104) The President must establish a National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee to advise the President and subcommittee on the program and trends and developments in quantum information science and technology.

TITLE II--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY QUANTUM ACTIVITIES

(Sec. 201) NIST shall carry out specified quantum science activities and convene a consortium to identify the future measurement, standards, cybersecurity, and other needs to support the development of a quantum information science and technology industry.

TITLE III--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION QUANTUM ACTIVITIES

(Sec. 301) The National Science Foundation shall:

carry out a basic research and education program on quantum information science and engineering, and
award grants for the establishment of Multidisciplinary Centers for Quantum Research and Education.

TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY QUANTUM ACTIVITIES

(Sec. 401) The Department of Energy (DOE) shall carry out a basic research program on quantum information science.

(Sec. 402) The Office of Science of DOE shall establish and operate National Quantum Information Science Research Centers to conduct basic research to accelerate scientific breakthroughs in quantum information science and technology.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Aye
Bradley Byrne	R	AL-1	Aye
Martha Roby	R	AL-2	Aye
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Aye
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Aye
Mo Brooks	R	AL-5	Aye
Gary Palmer	R	AL-6	Aye
Terri Sewell	D	AL-7	Aye
Rick Crawford	R	AR-1	Aye
J. Hill	R	AR-2	Aye
Steve Womack	R	AR-3	Aye
Bruce Westerman	R	AR-4	Aye
Tom O’Halleran	D	AZ-1	Aye
Martha McSally	R	AZ-2	Not Voting
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-3	Aye
Paul Gosar	R	AZ-4	Aye
Andy Biggs	R	AZ-5	Aye
David Schweikert	R	AZ-6	Aye
Ruben Gallego	D	AZ-7	Aye
Debbie Lesko	R	AZ-8	Aye
Kyrsten Sinema	D	AZ-9	Not Voting
Doug LaMalfa	R	CA-1	Aye
Jeff Denham	R	CA-10	Not Voting
Mark DeSaulnier	D	CA-11	Aye
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-12	Aye
Barbara Lee	D	CA-13	Aye
Jackie Speier	D	CA-14	Not Voting
Eric Swalwell	D	CA-15	Not Voting
Jim Costa	D	CA-16	Not Voting
Ro Khanna	D	CA-17	Aye
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-18	Aye
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-19	Aye
Jared Huffman	D	CA-2	Aye
Jimmy Panetta	D	CA-20	Aye
David Valadao	R	CA-21	Aye
Devin Nunes	R	CA-22	Not Voting
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-23	Aye
Salud Carbajal	D	CA-24	Aye
Steve Knight	R	CA-25	Aye
Julia Brownley	D	CA-26	Aye
Judy Chu	D	CA-27	Aye
Adam Schiff	D	CA-28	Aye
Tony Cárdenas	D	CA-29	Not Voting
John Garamendi	D	CA-3	Aye
Brad Sherman	D	CA-30	Aye
Pete Aguilar	D	CA-31	Aye
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-32	Aye
Ted Lieu	D	CA-33	Aye
Jimmy Gomez	D	CA-34	Aye
Norma Torres	D	CA-35	Aye
Raul Ruiz	D	CA-36	Aye
Karen Bass	D	CA-37	Aye
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-38	Aye
Ed Royce	R	CA-39	Aye
Tom McClintock	R	CA-4	No
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-40	Aye
Mark Takano	D	CA-41	Aye
Ken Calvert	R	CA-42	Aye
Maxine Waters	D	CA-43	Aye
Nanette Barragán	D	CA-44	Aye
Mimi Walters	R	CA-45	Not Voting
J. Correa	D	CA-46	Aye
Alan Lowenthal	D	CA-47	Not Voting
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-48	Aye
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Not Voting
Mike Thompson	D	CA-5	Aye
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-50	Aye
Juan Vargas	D	CA-51	Aye
Scott Peters	D	CA-52	Aye
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Aye
Doris Matsui	D	CA-6	Aye
Ami Bera	D	CA-7	Aye
Paul Cook	R	CA-8	Aye
Jerry McNerney	D	CA-9	Aye
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Aye
Jared Polis	D	CO-2	Not Voting
Scott Tipton	R	CO-3	Aye
Ken Buck	R	CO-4	No
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Aye
Mike Coffman	R	CO-6	Aye
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO-7	Aye
John Larson	D	CT-1	Aye
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	Aye
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Aye
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	Aye
Elizabeth Esty	D	CT-5	Aye
Lisa Blunt Rochester	D	DE-AL	Aye
Matt Gaetz	R	FL-1	No
Val Demings	D	FL-10	Aye
Daniel Webster	R	FL-11	Aye
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-12	Aye
Charlie Crist	D	FL-13	Aye
Kathy Castor	D	FL-14	Aye
Dennis Ross	R	FL-15	Not Voting
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-16	Not Voting
Thomas Rooney	R	FL-17	Not Voting
Brian Mast	R	FL-18	Aye
Francis Rooney	R	FL-19	Aye
Neal Dunn	R	FL-2	Aye
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-20	Aye
Lois Frankel	D	FL-21	Aye
Ted Deutch	D	FL-22	Aye
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-23	Aye
Frederica Wilson	D	FL-24	Not Voting
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Aye
Carlos Curbelo	R	FL-26	Aye
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-27	Not Voting
Ted Yoho	R	FL-3	Not Voting
John Rutherford	R	FL-4	Aye
Al Lawson	D	FL-5	Aye
Stephanie Murphy	D	FL-7	Aye
Bill Posey	R	FL-8	Aye
Darren Soto	D	FL-9	Aye
Buddy Carter	R	GA-1	Aye
Jody Hice	R	GA-10	Aye
Barry Loudermilk	R	GA-11	Aye
Rick Allen	R	GA-12	Aye
David Scott	D	GA-13	Not Voting
Tom Graves	R	GA-14	Aye
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Not Voting
A. Ferguson	R	GA-3	Aye
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Aye
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Aye
Karen Handel	R	GA-6	Aye
Rob Woodall	R	GA-7	Aye
Austin Scott	R	GA-8	Aye
Doug Collins	R	GA-9	Aye
Colleen Hanabusa	D	HI-1	Not Voting
Tulsi Gabbard	D	HI-2	Not Voting
Rod Blum	R	IA-1	No
David Loebsack	D	IA-2	Aye
David Young	R	IA-3	Aye
Steve King	R	IA-4	Aye
Raúl Labrador	R	ID-1	Aye
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Aye
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Not Voting
Brad Schneider	D	IL-10	Aye
Bill Foster	D	IL-11	Not Voting
Mike Bost	R	IL-12	Aye
Rodney Davis	R	IL-13	Aye
Randy Hultgren	R	IL-14	Aye
John Shimkus	R	IL-15	Aye
Adam Kinzinger	R	IL-16	Aye
Cheri Bustos	D	IL-17	Aye
Darin LaHood	R	IL-18	Aye
Robin Kelly	D	IL-2	Aye
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Not Voting
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	Not Voting
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	Aye
Peter Roskam	R	IL-6	Aye
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Aye
Raja Krishnamoorthi	D	IL-8	Aye
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Aye
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Aye
Jackie Walorski	R	IN-2	Aye
Jim Banks	R	IN-3	Aye
Todd Rokita	R	IN-4	Aye
Susan Brooks	R	IN-5	Aye
Luke Messer	R	IN-6	Not Voting
André Carson	D	IN-7	Aye
Larry Bucshon	R	IN-8	Aye
Trey Hollingsworth	R	IN-9	Not Voting
Roger Marshall	R	KS-1	Aye
Lynn Jenkins	R	KS-2	Not Voting
Kevin Yoder	R	KS-3	Aye
Ron Estes	R	KS-4	Aye
James Comer	R	KY-1	Aye
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	Aye
John Yarmuth	D	KY-3	Not Voting
Thomas Massie	R	KY-4	No
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Aye
Andy Barr	R	KY-6	Aye
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	Aye
Cedric Richmond	D	LA-2	Aye
Clay Higgins	R	LA-3	Aye
Mike Johnson	R	LA-4	Aye
Ralph Abraham	R	LA-5	Not Voting
Garret Graves	R	LA-6	Aye
Richard Neal	D	MA-1	Aye
Jim McGovern	D	MA-2	Aye
Niki Tsongas	D	MA-3	Not Voting
Joseph Kennedy	D	MA-4	Not Voting
Katherine Clark	D	MA-5	Aye
Seth Moulton	D	MA-6	Not Voting
Michael Capuano	D	MA-7	Aye
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-8	Aye
William Keating	D	MA-9	Not Voting
Andy Harris	R	MD-1	Aye
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Aye
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	Aye
Anthony Brown	D	MD-4	Aye
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Aye
John Delaney	D	MD-6	Aye
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Aye
Jamie Raskin	D	MD-8	Aye
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	Aye
Bruce Poliquin	R	ME-2	Aye
Jack Bergman	R	MI-1	Aye
Paul Mitchell	R	MI-10	Aye
Dave Trott	R	MI-11	Aye
Debbie Dingell	D	MI-12	Aye
Brenda Jones	D	MI-13	Aye
Brenda Lawrence	D	MI-14	Aye
Bill Huizenga	R	MI-2	Aye
Justin Amash	R	MI-3	No
John Moolenaar	R	MI-4	Aye
Daniel Kildee	D	MI-5	Aye
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Aye
Tim Walberg	R	MI-7	Aye
Mike Bishop	R	MI-8	Not Voting
Sander Levin	D	MI-9	Aye
Timothy Walz	D	MN-1	Not Voting
Jason Lewis	R	MN-2	Aye
Erik Paulsen	R	MN-3	Not Voting
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Aye
Keith Ellison	D	MN-5	Not Voting
Tom Emmer	R	MN-6	Aye
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Aye
Richard Nolan	D	MN-8	Not Voting
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Aye
Ann Wagner	R	MO-2	Aye
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO-3	Aye
Vicky Hartzler	R	MO-4	Aye
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Aye
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Aye
Billy Long	R	MO-7	Aye
Jason Smith	R	MO-8	Aye
Trent Kelly	R	MS-1	Aye
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Not Voting
Gregg Harper	R	MS-3	Aye
Steven Palazzo	R	MS-4	Aye
Greg Gianforte	R	MT-AL	Aye
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Aye
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Not Voting
Mark Meadows	R	NC-11	Aye
Alma Adams	D	NC-12	Aye
Ted Budd	R	NC-13	Aye
George Holding	R	NC-2	Aye
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Not Voting
David Price	D	NC-4	Aye
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Aye
Mark Walker	R	NC-6	Aye
David Rouzer	R	NC-7	Aye
Richard Hudson	R	NC-8	Aye
Robert Pittenger	R	NC-9	Aye
Kevin Cramer	R	ND-AL	Not Voting
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Aye
Don Bacon	R	NE-2	Aye
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Aye
Carol Shea-Porter	D	NH-1	Not Voting
Ann Kuster	D	NH-2	Aye
Donald Norcross	D	NJ-1	Aye
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Aye
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Aye
Bonnie Watson Coleman	D	NJ-12	Aye
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Aye
Tom MacArthur	R	NJ-3	Aye
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Aye
Josh Gottheimer	D	NJ-5	Aye
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Aye
Leonard Lance	R	NJ-7	Aye
Albio Sires	D	NJ-8	Aye
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-9	Aye
Michelle Lujan Grisham	D	NM-1	Not Voting
Steve Pearce	R	NM-2	Aye
Ben Luján	D	NM-3	Aye
Dina Titus	D	NV-1	Aye
Mark Amodei	R	NV-2	Aye
Jacky Rosen	D	NV-3	Not Voting
Ruben Kihuen	D	NV-4	Aye
Lee Zeldin	R	NY-1	Aye
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-10	Aye
Daniel Donovan	R	NY-11	Aye
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-12	Aye
Adriano Espaillat	D	NY-13	Aye
Joe Crowley	D	NY-14	Aye
José Serrano	D	NY-15	Aye
Eliot Engel	D	NY-16	Aye
Nita Lowey	D	NY-17	Aye
Sean Maloney	D	NY-18	Aye
John Faso	R	NY-19	Aye
Pete King	R	NY-2	Not Voting
Paul Tonko	D	NY-20	Aye
Elise Stefanik	R	NY-21	Aye
Claudia Tenney	R	NY-22	Aye
Tom Reed	R	NY-23	Aye
John Katko	R	NY-24	Aye
Joseph Morelle	D	NY-25	Aye
Brian Higgins	D	NY-26	Aye
Chris Collins	R	NY-27	Aye
Thomas Suozzi	D	NY-3	Aye
Kathleen Rice	D	NY-4	Not Voting
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-5	Aye
Grace Meng	D	NY-6	Aye
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-7	Aye
Hakeem Jeffries	D	NY-8	Aye
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-9	Aye
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Aye
Michael Turner	R	OH-10	Aye
Marcia Fudge	D	OH-11	Aye
Troy Balderson	R	OH-12	Aye
Tim Ryan	D	OH-13	Aye
David Joyce	R	OH-14	Aye
Steve Stivers	R	OH-15	Aye
James Renacci	R	OH-16	Aye
Brad Wenstrup	R	OH-2	Aye
Joyce Beatty	D	OH-3	Aye
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Aye
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Aye
Bill Johnson	R	OH-6	Aye
Bob Gibbs	R	OH-7	Aye
Warren Davidson	R	OH-8	No
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Aye
Kevin Hern	R	OK-1	Aye
Markwayne Mullin	R	OK-2	Aye
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Aye
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Aye
Steve Russell	R	OK-5	Aye
Suzanne Bonamici	D	OR-1	Aye
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Aye
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Aye
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Aye
Kurt Schrader	D	OR-5	Aye
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	Not Voting
Tom Marino	R	PA-10	Aye
Lou Barletta	R	PA-11	Not Voting
Keith Rothfus	R	PA-12	Aye
Brendan Boyle	D	PA-13	Not Voting
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	Aye
Susan Wild	D	PA-15	Not Voting
Lloyd Smucker	R	PA-16	Aye
Matt Cartwright	D	PA-17	Aye
Conor Lamb	D	PA-18	Aye
Dwight Evans	D	PA-2	Aye
Mike Kelly	R	PA-3	Aye
Scott Perry	R	PA-4	Aye
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-5	Aye
Ryan Costello	R	PA-6	Aye
Mary Scanlon	D	PA-7	Aye
Brian Fitzpatrick	R	PA-8	Aye
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Not Voting
David Cicilline	D	RI-1	Aye
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Aye
Mark Sanford	R	SC-1	Aye
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Aye
Jeff Duncan	R	SC-3	Not Voting
Trey Gowdy	R	SC-4	Not Voting
Ralph Norman	R	SC-5	Not Voting
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Aye
Tom Rice	R	SC-7	Aye
Kristi Noem	R	SD-AL	Not Voting
Phil Roe	R	TN-1	Aye
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	No
Chuck Fleischmann	R	TN-3	Aye
Scott DesJarlais	R	TN-4	Aye
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Aye
Diane Black	R	TN-6	Not Voting
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Not Voting
David Kustoff	R	TN-8	Aye
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	Aye
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	No
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Aye
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	Aye
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Aye
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Not Voting
Randy Weber	R	TX-14	Aye
Vicente Gonzalez	D	TX-15	Aye
Beto O’Rourke	D	TX-16	Aye
Bill Flores	R	TX-17	Not Voting
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Aye
Jodey Arrington	R	TX-19	Aye
Ted Poe	R	TX-2	Aye
Joaquin Castro	D	TX-20	Aye
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Aye
Pete Olson	R	TX-22	Not Voting
Will Hurd	R	TX-23	Aye
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Not Voting
Roger Williams	R	TX-25	Aye
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Aye
Michael Cloud	R	TX-27	Aye
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Aye
Gene Green	D	TX-29	Aye
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Not Voting
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Aye
John Carter	R	TX-31	Aye
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Aye
Marc Veasey	D	TX-33	Aye
Filemon Vela	D	TX-34	Not Voting
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-35	Aye
Brian Babin	R	TX-36	Aye
John Ratcliffe	R	TX-4	Not Voting
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Aye
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Not Voting
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Aye
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Aye
Al Green	D	TX-9	Aye
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Aye
Chris Stewart	R	UT-2	Aye
John Curtis	R	UT-3	Aye
Mia Love	R	UT-4	Not Voting
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Aye
Barbara Comstock	R	VA-10	Not Voting
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	Aye
Scott Taylor	R	VA-2	Aye
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Aye
A. McEachin	D	VA-4	Aye
Thomas Garrett	R	VA-5	Not Voting
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Aye
Dave Brat	R	VA-7	Not Voting
Donald Beyer	D	VA-8	Aye
H. Griffith	R	VA-9	Aye
Peter Welch	D	VT-AL	Aye
Suzan DelBene	D	WA-1	Aye
Denny Heck	D	WA-10	Aye
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Aye
Jaime Herrera Beutler	R	WA-3	Aye
Dan Newhouse	R	WA-4	Aye
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Aye
Derek Kilmer	D	WA-6	Aye
Pramila Jayapal	D	WA-7	Aye
David Reichert	R	WA-8	Aye
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Aye
Mark Pocan	D	WI-2	Aye
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Not Voting
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Aye
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	No
Glenn Grothman	R	WI-6	No
Sean Duffy	R	WI-7	Aye
Mike Gallagher	R	WI-8	Aye
David McKinley	R	WV-1	Aye
Alexander Mooney	R	WV-2	Aye
Liz Cheney	R	WY-AL	Aye

National Quantum Initiative Act

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Dec 19, 2018