introduced H.R. 8462, National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act (NQIA), legislation to strengthen America’s leadership in quantum science and technology, bolster national security, expand workforce development, and counter growing competition from the Chinese Communist Party and other adversaries.
Reauthorize and modernize the National Quantum Initiative to strengthen U.S. leadership in quantum science and technology, national security, workforce development, and domestic quantum supply chains.
Occurrences
Congressman Randy Weber (TX-14) introduced H.R. 8462, National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act (NQIA), legislation to strengthen America’s leadership in quantum science and technology, bolster national security, expand workforce development, and counter growing competition from the Chinese Communist Party and other adversaries.
I’m pleased to sponsor and support H.R. 8462, the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act.
Evidence
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The official press-release archive page currently shows Weber's most recent visible 2026 items as 'ICYMI: Rep. Weber Pens Op-Ed Highlighting the Importance of Protecting America's Energy Infrastructure' (Apr. 22, 2026) and 'Chairman Weber Delivers Opening Statement at Energy Subcommittee Hearing on American Energy and Mineral Dominance' (Apr. 16, 2026), with other recent entries focused on pipeline cybersecurity, LNG, flooding, NOAA, and appropriations rather than quantum policy.
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The House Science Committee page lists H.R. 8462's status as "Passed by Full Committee" and says it modernizes federal quantum R&D, workforce development, allied partnerships, and domestic industry.
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GovInfo lists H.R. 8462 as introduced by Randy K. Weber, Sr. with the title "To reauthorize the National Quantum Initiative Act, and for other purposes."
Assessments
Weber sponsored H.R. 8462, the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act, and the bill advanced through the House Science Committee, which is a material same-term effort toward the promised reauthorization and modernization. However, the evidence shows the bill had not become law or otherwise completed reauthorization, so the promised outcome is not yet delivered. Because Weber remains in federal office and the effort appears pending rather than conclusively failed, unresolved with effort credit is the appropriate judgment.
The promised outcome has not been shown as completed. The National Quantum Initiative was originally enacted in 2018, but reporting in January 2026 described Congress as only then introducing a new reauthorization after the program had expired in 2023, which indicates the reauthorization/modernization had not yet been delivered. On candidate credit, the provided official Weber archive shows no visible 2026 quantum reauthorization or modernization action, and the record here does not show that Weber wrote, sponsored, or materially advanced a measure that became law. Because Weber is still in office and the claim could still be fulfilled in a later step of the current federal term, the best judgment is unresolved rather than never.
Federal sources show the National Quantum Initiative was materially modernized while Weber was in office: the official NQI site says the 2018 law was amended by the FY2022 NDAA and the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, adding quantum networking infrastructure, standards, research access, and STEM integration, and GovInfo shows the Act amended through Public Law 117-167 on August 9, 2022. That means the policy area advanced during Weber's tenure. But the record here does not show Weber sponsored, authored, or materially drove those changes, and the supplied evidence points the other way by showing no visible quantum-focused action in his recent official archive. Under the candidate-credit rule, that supports partial credit rather than full delivery.