Advance and support legislation to reauthorize and expand the National Quantum Initiative Act.

Marsha Blackburn · Tennessee · Republican

policy impact 0.65 specificity 0.78 extraction confidence 87%

Occurrences

I recently introduced legislation, alongside several of my Senate colleagues, to reauthorize and expand the National Quantum Initiative Act (NQIA).

Blackburn said she introduced legislation with Senate colleagues to reauthorize and expand the National Quantum Initiative Act.

PHOTO: Blackburn Keynotes Tennessee Valley Corridor National Summit in Chattanooga
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Evidence

Congress.gov lists Sen. Marsha Blackburn as sponsor of S.1344, introduced April 8, 2025, and referred to Senate Commerce the same day. The tracker status remains Introduced, not passed or enacted.

Blackburn took concrete same-term action by introducing a quantum bill, but the bill had not advanced beyond introduction on the official status page.

partial same_term A for effort

S.1344 - Quantum Sandbox for Near-Term Applications Act of 2025 | Congress.gov
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The bill text states that S.1344 would amend the National Quantum Initiative Act by adding a public-private partnership for quantum application development acceleration, including a quantum sandbox program focused on near-term use cases.

The introduced bill directly targets expansion of the National Quantum Initiative Act, matching the substance of the promise, but it is only proposed legislation.

partial same_term A for effort

Text - S.1344 - Quantum Sandbox for Near-Term Applications Act of 2025 | Congress.gov
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

Congress.gov shows H.R.6213, the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act, was introduced in the House and reported by committee, but its tracker status stayed Introduced in the 118th Congress.

The main 118th Congress reauthorization bill did not become law before the 119th Congress; this supports that reauthorization had not been delivered through that vehicle.

never unknown

H.R.6213 - National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act | Congress.gov
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

Assessments

never same_term A for effort

Blackburn sponsored S.1344 in the 119th Congress, a bill that would amend and expand the National Quantum Initiative Act through a public-private quantum sandbox program, so she made a concrete same-term legislative effort. However, the bill remained only introduced and referred to committee, and the evidence does not show enactment of a reauthorization or expansion of the Act. Under the rule for serious but unsuccessful legislative attempts, this is not delivered, with effort credit.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%