Trump Signs Two Quantum Executive Orders: No. 14413 on Quantum Innovation, No. 14412 Sets 2030 and 2031 Post-Quantum Deadlines
President Donald J. Trump signed two quantum executive orders in Washington on June 22, 2026. Executive Order 14413 advances quantum innovation, while Executive Order 14412, Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks, sets binding deadlines for migrating federal information systems to post-quantum cryptography.
According to the White House fact sheet, Executive Order 14413 directs the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, in coordination with other government leaders, to update the National Quantum Strategy to support quantum-enabling technology and encourage partnerships with U.S. industry. It establishes a national effort to develop the first quantum computer powerful enough to initiate the era of quantum-enabled scientific discovery, including evaluations of system capabilities, an assessment of the resources necessary to build it and development of specifications, coordinated across the Departments of Energy, War and Commerce and the Intelligence Community. The Secretaries of Commerce, War and Energy and the NASA Administrator are to develop plans to deploy quantum-enabled sensors and networks over the next five years. The order also expands registered apprenticeships and credentials, creates National Quantum Workforce Development Institutes, reconstitutes the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee and expands the Quantum Counterintelligence Protection Team. The White House said the administration has invested $625 million so far in major national quantum research institutes.
Executive Order 14412 requires federal information systems to transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards approved by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Each agency must identify a PQC migration lead within 30 days. Within 90 days, the Office of Management and Budget must issue guidance requiring each agency to transition all high value assets and high impact systems, excluding National Security Systems, to use PQC for key establishment by December 31, 2030, and for digital signatures by December 31, 2031, and to submit a migration plan.
Executive Order 14412 also directs NIST to initiate a PQC migration pilot within 180 days, to be completed no later than December 31, 2027, and directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to publish a proposed rule within 180 days requiring covered contractors to comply by December 31, 2030 with federal standards incorporating PQC algorithms. Both orders were published in the Federal Register on June 25.
Source: The White House
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