,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eaci  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bg1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,rounds 7for himself and ,mr4 
,blumenthal7 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 support development of     
quantum technologies1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,national ,quantum  
,readiness ,act of #bjbf4  #b4 ,support 
for development of quantum technologies 
7a7 ,deploying quantum-,enabled sensors 
and networks ,not later than #fj days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense shall  
identify three next-generation quantum  
sensor projects to prioritize in order  
to field these sensors by ,september    
#cj1 #bjbh4  7b7 ,development of        
quantum-,enabling component technologies
 ,not later than #abj days after the    
date of the enactment of this ,act1 the 

,secretary of ,defense1 the ,secretary  
of ,commerce1 the ,secretary of ,energy1
 and the ,director of the ,national     
,science ,foundation shall1 in          
coordination with the ,director of the  
,office of ,science and ,technology     
,policy and the ,director of the ,office
 of ,management and ,budget1 jointly    
develop a plan to encourage and partner 
with the private sector1 potentially    
through the use of prize challenges or  
advance market commitments--  7#a7 to   
develop quantum-enabling component      
technologies in the ,united ,states2 and
  7#b7 to identify any legislative or   
administrative action required to       
address quantum-specific market hurdles4
  7c7 ,increasing domestic access to    
,defense foundry resources ,not later   
than #ahj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,defense shall1 in consultation with 
such heads of ,federal agencies as the  
,secretary considers appropriate1 take  
such steps as the ,secretary considers  

appropriate-- 7#a7 to increase domestic 
access to ,department-sponsors quantum  
information science and                 
technology-relevant foundry resources2  
and  7#b7 strengthen efforts to improve 
access to critical quantum information  
science and technology supply chains4