15 USC § 8801 - Definitions

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title: "15 USC § 8801 - Definitions"
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title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "8801"
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chapter_number: 114
chapter_name: "NATIONAL QUANTUM INITIATIVE"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 115–368, § 2, Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5092; Pub. L. 117–81, div. F, title LXVI, § 6606(c)(1), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2443; Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title I, § 10104(b)(1), Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1437.)"
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# § 8801. Definitions

In this chapter:

**(1)** **Advisory Committee** section 8814(a) of this title

The term “Advisory Committee” means the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee established under .

**(2)** **Appropriate committees of Congress** The term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—

**(A)** the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;

**(B)** the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and

**(C)** the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives.

**(3)** **Coordination Office** section 8812(a) of this title

The term “Coordination Office” means the National Quantum Coordination Office established under .

**(4)** **Institution of higher education** section 1001(a) of title 20

The term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given the term in .

**(5)** **Program** section 8811(a) of this title

The term “Program” means the National Quantum Initiative Program implemented under .

**(6)** **Quantum information science** The term “quantum information science” means the use of the laws of quantum physics for the storage, transmission, manipulation, computing, or measurement of information.

**(7)** **Quantum network infrastructure** The term “quantum network infrastructure” means any facility, expertise, or capability that is necessary to enable the development and deployment of scalable and diverse quantum network technologies.

**1** **1 Subcommittee on Economic and Security Implications** section 8814a(a) of this title

The term “Subcommittee on Economic and Security Implications” means the Subcommittee on the Economic and Security Implications of Quantum Information Science established under .

So in original. Two pars. (8) have been enacted.

**(8)** **1 Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science** section 8813(a) of this title

The term “Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science” means the Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science of the National Science and Technology Council established under .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 115–368, § 2, Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5092; Pub. L. 117–81, div. F, title LXVI, § 6606(c)(1), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2443; Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title I, § 10104(b)(1), Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1437.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2022—Pars. (7), (8).  added par. (7) and redesignated former par. (7) relating to Subcommittee on Economic and Security Implications as (8).

2021—Pars. (7), (8).  added pars. (7) and (8) and struck out former par. (7) which defined “Subcommittee”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

> “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘National Quantum Initiative Act’.”

, , , provided that: