[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3115 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3115

 To amend the National Quantum Initiative Act to require the Secretary 
   of Energy to conduct research on how quantum information science, 
technology, and engineering can enhance the resilience and security of 
               the electric grid, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 24, 2023

Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Padilla) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the National Quantum Initiative Act to require the Secretary 
   of Energy to conduct research on how quantum information science, 
technology, and engineering can enhance the resilience and security of 
               the electric grid, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Grid Resilience Innovation and 
Development Act'' or the ``GRID Act''.

SEC. 2. QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE TO ENHANCE THE RESILIENCE, 
              SECURITY, AND EFFICIENCY OF THE ELECTRIC GRID.

    (a) In General.--Title IV of the National Quantum Initiative Act 
(15 U.S.C. 8851 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 405. QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE TO ENHANCE THE RESILIENCE AND 
              SECURITY OF THE ELECTRIC GRID.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy (referred to in this 
section as the `Secretary') shall conduct research, development, and 
demonstration activities focused on the use of quantum information 
science, engineering, and technology, including through quantum 
applications and quantum computing, to enhance the resilience, 
security, and efficiency of the electric grid in the United States.
    ``(b) Research Areas.--In carrying out subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall conduct research in the following areas:
            ``(1) Fault detection and prediction.
            ``(2) Grid security and safety, including through post-
        quantum cryptography.
            ``(3) Integrated grid planning.
            ``(4) Grid optimization.
            ``(5) Enhanced modeling.
            ``(6) Energy storage.
            ``(7) Energy market optimization.
            ``(8) Any other area in which, in the determination of the 
        Secretary, quantum information science, engineering, and 
        technology can enhance the resilience, security, and efficiency 
        of the electric grid in the United States.
    ``(c) Cooperation.--To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall 
conduct research, development, and demonstration activities under 
subsection (a) in cooperation, including through partnerships, as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate, with members of relevant 
industries, National Laboratories, institutions of higher education, 
and other relevant institutions, including research institutions, as 
determined by the Secretary.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the National Quantum Initiative Act (Public Law 115-368; 132 Stat. 
5092; 136 Stat. 1441) is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 404 the following:

``Sec. 405. Quantum information science to enhance the resilience and 
                            security of the electric grid.''.
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