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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 1397
To require the Secretary of State to establish a quantum cooperation program
to enhance international cooperation in quantum information science.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL9, 2025
Mrs. S
HAHEEN(for herself and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
A BILL
To require the Secretary of State to establish a quantum
cooperation program to enhance international cooperation
in quantum information science.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Quantum 4
Research Exchange Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
In this Act: 7
(1) A
PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -8
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-9
mittees’’ means the following: 10
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(A) The Committee on Foreign Relations 1
of the Senate. 2
(B) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of 3
the House of Representatives. 4
(C) The Committee on Commerce, Science, 5
and Transportation of the Senate. 6
(D) The Committee on Energy and Com-7
merce of the House of Representatives. 8
(2) I
NSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION .—The 9
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 10
meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the 11
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 12
(3) Q
UANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE .—The 13
term ‘‘quantum information science’’ means the use 14
of the laws of quantum physics for the storage, 15
transmission, manipulation, computing, or measure-16
ment of information. 17
SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL QUAN-18
TUM COOPERATION PROGRAM. 19
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall es-20
tablish and carry out a program— 21
(1) to enhance international cooperation in 22
quantum information science through the competi-23
tive award of matching grants to institutions of 24
higher education or eligible nonprofit organizations 25
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(or consortia thereof) engaged in international col-1
laborative research; and 2
(2) to support international scientist exchange 3
programs, including exchange programs that vary in 4
length from multi-day to multi-year visits. 5
(b) P
ROGRAMALIGNMENT.— 6
(1) C
OORDINATION.—In carrying out the pro-7
gram under subsection (a), the Secretary of State 8
shall coordinate with— 9
(A) the Director of the Office of Science 10
and Technology Policy; 11
(B) the Director of the National Quantum 12
Coordination Office (established under section 13
102(a) of the National Quantum Initiative Act 14
(15 U.S.C. 8812(a))); 15
(C) the Co-Chairs of the Subcommittee on 16
Quantum Information Science of the National 17
Science and Technology Council (established 18
under section 103(a) of the National Quantum 19
Initiative Act (15 U.S.C. 8813(a)); and 20
(D) the Co-Chairs of the Subcommittee on 21
the Economic and Security Implications of 22
Quantum Information Science of the National 23
Science and Technology Council (established 24
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under section 105(a) of the National Quantum 1
Initiative Act (15 U.S.C. 8814a(a)). 2
(2) S
TRATEGIC ALIGNMENT .—In carrying out 3
the program under subsection (a), the Secretary of 4
State shall— 5
(A) ensure alignment with the National 6
Quantum Information Science Strategy; and 7
(B) only fund collaborative research pro-8
grams with countries who have signed quantum 9
cooperation statements with the United States. 10
(3) R
ESEARCH SECURITY .—The activities au-11
thorized under this section shall be carried out in a 12
manner consistent with the following: 13
(A) Subtitle D of title VI of the Research 14
and Development, Competition, and Innovation 15
Act (division B of Public Law 117–167; 42 16
U.S.C. 19231 et seq.). 17
(B) National Security Presidential Memo-18
randum–33 (relating to supported research and 19
development national policy), issued January 20
2021, and its implementation guidance on re-21
search security and research integrity, issued 22
January 2022, or any successor policy docu-23
ment or guidance related to strengthening pro-24
tections on research and development, funded 25
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by the Federal Government, against the influ-1
ence and exploitation of foreign governments. 2
(c) C
ONSULTATION.—In developing and operating 3
the program required under subsection (a), the Secretary 4
of State shall consult with— 5
(1) the appropriate congressional committees; 6
(2) the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerg-7
ing Technologies; 8
(3) United States industry leaders; 9
(4) any technology experts the Secretary con-10
siders relevant, including experts from academia; 11
and 12
(5) representatives from any United States 13
Government agency the Secretary considers relevant. 14
(d) A
NNUALREPORT.—Not later than 2 years after 15
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there-16
after, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate con-17
gressional committees a report that contains the following 18
elements: 19
(1) A description of the activities pursued under 20
the authorities of this section during the prior year. 21
(2) A list of priority countries with which the 22
Department of State seeks to pursue increased col-23
laboration on quantum information science. 24
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(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 1
authorized to be appropriated to carry out the program 2
required by subsection (a) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 3
2026. 4
(f) S
UNSET.—The authorities under this section shall 5
terminate on the date that is 10 years after the date of 6
the enactment of this title. 7
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