To establish and support a quantum network infrastructure research and development program at the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.
Summary of Selected Provisions
Amends the National Quantum Initiative Act by directing the Department of Energy to establish a program dedicated to research, development, and demonstration of quantum networking technologies
Specifies that the program support “long-range entanglement distribution at both the terrestrial and space-based level using quantum repeaters,” among other applications
Recommends Congress provide the DOE Office of Science $100 million per year over the next five years to carry out the program