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
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.
Assessments
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 The National Quantum Initiative was originally enacted in 2018, but reporting in January 2026 described Congress as only then introducing a new reauthorization after the program had expired in 2023, which indicates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.