15 USC § 8815 - Sunset

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title: "15 USC § 8815 - Sunset"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "8815"
section_name: "Sunset"
chapter_number: 114
chapter_name: "NATIONAL QUANTUM INITIATIVE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL QUANTUM INITIATIVE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 115–368, title I, § 106, formerly § 105, Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5097; renumbered § 106 and amended Pub. L. 117–81, div. F, title LXVI, § 6606(a)(1), (b)(1), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2442, 2443.)"
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# § 8815. Sunset

**(a)** **In general** December 21, 2018

Except as provided in subsection (b), the authority to carry out sections 8811, 8812, 8813, 8814, and 8814a of this title shall terminate on the date that is 11 years after .

**(b)** **Extension** The President may continue the activities under such sections if the President determines that such activities are necessary to meet national economic or national security needs.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 115–368, title I, § 106, formerly § 105, Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5097; renumbered § 106 and amended Pub. L. 117–81, div. F, title LXVI, § 6606(a)(1), (b)(1), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2442, 2443.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021—, substituted “8813, 8814, and 8814a” for “8813, and 8814”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

Amendment by  effective as if included in the enactment of the National Quantum Initiative Act, see , set out as an Effective Date note under .