[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3097-S3098]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5947. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. DOMESTIC PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENT FOR CRITICAL 
                   QUANTUM HARDWARE.

       (a) Requirement.--Except as provided in subsection (b), 
     beginning on the date that is one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense may not 
     procure any critical quantum hardware unless such hardware is 
     domestically manufactured by an entity 50 percent or more of 
     the ownership interest in which is held by United States 
     persons.
       (b) Waiver.--
       (1) Authority.--During the two-year period beginning on the 
     date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of Defense may waive the requirement under 
     subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that--
       (A) the critical quantum hardware is not domestically 
     manufactured in sufficient quantity or of satisfactory 
     quality;
       (B) the procurement of domestically manufactured critical 
     quantum hardware would result in a cost increase of more than 
     25 percent; or
       (C) the waiver is necessary to respond to an urgent 
     national security requirement.
       (2) Sunset.--The authority to grant a waiver under 
     paragraph (1) shall terminate on the date that is three years 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Notification and Justification.--Not later than 15 days 
     before granting a waiver

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     under subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees a written 
     notification that includes the following:
       (1) An identification of the critical quantum hardware to 
     be procured.
       (2) A detailed justification for the waiver, including the 
     specific basis under subsection (b)(1) upon which the waiver 
     is being granted.
       (3) An assessment of domestic manufacturing capacity for 
     the hardware.
       (4) A description of any efforts underway to develop or 
     expand domestic sources for the hardware.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Critical quantum hardware.--The term ``critical quantum 
     hardware'' means any of the following items designed for use 
     in quantum computing, quantum sensing, or quantum networking 
     systems:
       (A) Cryogenic cooling systems, including dilution 
     refrigerators and pulse tube cryocoolers and cryostats.
       (B) Laser systems.
       (C) Cryogenic wiring assemblies.
       (D) Radio frequency and microwave components, including 
     passive components (attenuators and connectors) and active 
     components (traveling-wave parametric amplifiers, Josephson 
     parametric amplifiers, high-electron-mobility transistors, 
     and circulators).
       (2) Domestically manufactured.--The term ``domestically 
     manufactured'' means, with respect to critical quantum 
     hardware, that--
       (A) the hardware was assembled in the United States; and
       (B) not less than 55 percent of the components of the 
     hardware (as determined based on the cost of such components) 
     were--
       (i) produced or manufactured in the United States; or
       (ii) mined in the United States (as defined in section 
     638(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).
       (3) United states person.--The term ``United States 
     person'' means--
       (A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted 
     for permanent residence to the United States; or
       (B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States 
     or any jurisdiction within the United States.
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