§ 8801. Definitions

In this chapter:

• (1) The term “Advisory Committee” means the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee established under section 8814(a) of this title .
• (2) The term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—
  • (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;
  • (B) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and
  • (C) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives.
• (3) The term “Coordination Office” means the National Quantum Coordination Office established under section 8812(a) of this title .
• (4) The term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given the term in section 1001(a) of title 20 .
• (5) The term “Program” means the National Quantum Initiative Program implemented under section 8811(a) of this title .
• (6) The term “quantum information science” means the use of the laws of quantum physics for the storage, transmission, manipulation, computing, or measurement of information.
• (7) The term “Subcommittee” means the Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science of the National Science and Technology Council established under section 8813(a) of this title .