Quantum Benchmark Act

This bill would require the Secretary of Defense to issue a policy within 180 days to guide how the Department of Defense develops and buys quantum computing systems. The policy would define what a quantum computing system is and set up a process to validate and verify these systems before the Department develops or acquires them. The policy would also have to follow the findings and processes of a quantum benchmarking program run by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. After the policy is issued, Defense Department units could not develop or acquire a quantum computing system unless it has been validated and verified, though the Secretary could waive this rule case by case and would have to notify Congress's defense committees within 15 days.

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Sponsors

• Don Bacon Republican sponsor
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