,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aecd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #af1      
#bjai,mr4 ,peters 7for himself and ,ms4 
,ernst7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a     
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,defense to conduct an assessment of    
quantum computing technology to address 
problems associated with exposure to    
,,pfas1 and for other purposes4  #a4    
,assessment of quantum computing        
technology to address ,,pfas exposure   
7a7 ,assessment required ,not later than
 one year after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,defense1 acting through the ,under  
,secretary of ,defense for ,research and
 ,engineering and in consultation with  
the ,assistant ,secretary of ,defense   
for ,installations1 ,environment1 and   
,energy1 shall complete an assessment of
 quantum computing and how it may be    
used to address problems associated with

 exposure to ,,pfas4  7b7 ,elements ,the
 assessment required by subsection 7a7  
shall include the following3 7#a7       
,analysis of the potential of hybrid    
quantum classical computing to utilize  
the unique attributes of such computing 
for addressing issues of chemical       
contamination such as that caused by    
,,pfas4  7#b7 ,assessment of the        
potential of quantum computing to       
address problems of exposure to ,,pfas1 
to remediate solutions1 and to develop  
alternatives to ,,pfas for materials    
that otherwise contain ,,pfas4  7#c7 ,an
 inventory of the existing and potential
 work on exposure to ,,pfas and possible
 partnership opportunities with academic
 institutions1 private sector technology
 and chemical companies1 and other      
,federal and ,state government entities4
  7#d7 ,assessment of the availability  
of current and near-term quantum        
computing resources such as cloud based 
quantum systems1 as well as a roadmap   
for long-term quantum development4  7#e7

 ,an assessment of the current quantum  
computing efforts of the ,department and
 how each existing quantum computing    
effort may assist or serve as a model   
for the ,department4  7#f7 ,a           
description of the amount of funding    
that would be required to take initial  
steps to leverage near term quantum     
computing to address problems relating  
to exposure to ,,pfas4  7c7 ,,pfas      
defined ,in this section1 the term      
,,pfas means the group of chemicals     
known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl       
substances4