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S. 1439 118th Congress Senate

Quantum Sandbox for Near-Term Applications Act of 2023

Official title: A bill to amend the National Quantum Initiative Act to establish a public-private partnership for near-term quantum application development and acceleration, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 4, 2023 Introduced by: Marsha Blackburn Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications
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May 4, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 4, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action May 4, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Quantum Sandbox for Near-Term Applications Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Commerce, in coordination with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to establish a public-private partnership to accelerate the deployment of quantum applications and algorithms with near-term use cases by supporting demonstration and testing.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2739 Identical bill Quantum Sandbox for Near-Term Applications Act of 2023
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 5

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • RESTON STRATEGY GROUP, LLC
    for 535 GROUP, LLC ON BEHALF OF D-WAVE GOVERNMENT INC. · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • RESTON STRATEGY GROUP, LLC
    for 535 GROUP, LLC ON BEHALF OF D-WAVE GOVERNMENT INC. · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • RESTON STRATEGY GROUP, LLC
    for 535 GROUP, LLC ON BEHALF OF D-WAVE GOVERNMENT INC. · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • RESTON STRATEGY GROUP, LLC
    for 535 GROUP, LLC ON BEHALF OF D-WAVE GOVERNMENT INC. · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • RESTON STRATEGY GROUP, LLC
    for 535 GROUP, LLC ON BEHALF OF D-WAVE GOVERNMENT INC. · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · May 4, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1439: Quantum Sandbox for Near-Term Applications Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1439/
MLA
"S. 1439: Quantum Sandbox for Near-Term Applications Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1439/.
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S. 1439, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1439/.
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[S. 1439: Quantum Sandbox for Near-Term Applications Act of 2023](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1439/)
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