Bill > S4932

This bill, the Department of Energy Quantum Leadership Act of 2024, amends the National Quantum Initiative Act to provide for a research, development, and demonstration program on quantum information science, engineering, and technology at the Department of Energy. The key provisions include: establishing a quantum information science research program, creating a quantum instrumentation and foundry program, supporting the National Quantum Information Science Research Centers, developing a quantum network infrastructure research and development program, and expanding the Department of Energy's quantum user program. The bill also requires the development of a high-performance computing strategic plan and an early-stage quantum high-performance computing research and development program, and it places restrictions on funding to institutions with ties to Confucius Institutes or foreign countries and entities of concern.