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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2628
To prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment
in basic science research.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL3, 2025
Mr. F
OSTER(for himself, Ms. TOKUDA, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. CASTEN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science,
Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Armed
Services, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national
investment in basic science research.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Innovation 4
Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS FOR INNOVATION. 1
(a) I
NGENERAL.—There are hereby authorized to be 2
appropriated, and appropriated, out of any monies in the 3
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following: 4
(1) N
ATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION .—For the 5
National Science Foundation— 6
(A) for fiscal year 2026, $9,735,000,000; 7
(B) for fiscal year 2027, $10,447,000,000; 8
(C) for fiscal year 2028, $11,205,000,000; 9
(D) for fiscal year 2029, $12,016,000,000; 10
(E) for fiscal year 2030, $12,886,000,000; 11
(F) for fiscal year 2031, $13,818,000,000; 12
(G) for fiscal year 2032, $14,818,000,000; 13
(H) for fiscal year 2033, $15,892,000,000; 14
(I) for fiscal year 2034, $17,043,000,000; 15
(J) for fiscal year 2035, $18,279,000,000; 16
and 17
(K) for fiscal year 2036 and each fiscal 18
year thereafter, the amount appropriated under 19
this paragraph for the previous fiscal year, in-20
creased by the percentage increase (if any), 21
during the previous fiscal year, in the Con-22
sumer Price Index for all urban consumers pub-23
lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 24
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(2) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY , OFFICE OF 1
SCIENCE.—For the Office of Science at the Depart-2
ment of Energy— 3
(A) for fiscal year 2026, $8,854,000,000; 4
(B) for fiscal year 2027, $9,501,000,000; 5
(C) for fiscal year 2028, $10,191,000,000; 6
(D) for fiscal year 2029, $10,929,000,000; 7
(E) for fiscal year 2030, $11,720,000,000; 8
(F) for fiscal year 2031, $12,568,000,000; 9
(G) for fiscal year 2032, $13,477,000,000; 10
(H) for fiscal year 2033, $14,453,000,000; 11
(I) for fiscal year 2034, $15,501,000,000; 12
(J) for fiscal year 2035, $16,624,000,000; 13
and 14
(K) for fiscal year 2036 and each fiscal 15
year thereafter, the amount appropriated under 16
this paragraph for the previous fiscal year, in-17
creased by the percentage increase (if any), 18
during the previous fiscal year, in the Con-19
sumer Price Index for all urban consumers pub-20
lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 21
(3) D
EPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCIENCE AND 22
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS .—For the Department of 23
Defense science and technology programs— 24
(A) for fiscal year 2026, $23,109,000,000; 25
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(B) for fiscal year 2027, $24,799,000,000; 1
(C) for fiscal year 2028, $26,259,000,000; 2
(D) for fiscal year 2029, $28,525,000,000; 3
(E) for fiscal year 2030, $30,590,000,000; 4
(F) for fiscal year 2031, $32,803,000,000; 5
(G) for fiscal year 2032, $35,178,000,000; 6
(H) for fiscal year 2033, $37,725,000,000; 7
(I) for fiscal year 2034, $40,459,000,000; 8
(J) for fiscal year 2035, $43,392,000,000; 9
and 10
(K) for fiscal year 2036 and each fiscal 11
year thereafter, the amount appropriated under 12
this paragraph for the previous fiscal year, in-13
creased by the percentage increase (if any), 14
during the previous fiscal year, in the Con-15
sumer Price Index for all urban consumers pub-16
lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 17
(4) N
ATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND 18
TECHNOLOGY SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RE -19
SEARCH AND SERVICES .—For the scientific and 20
technical research and services of the National Insti-21
tute of Standards and Technology at the Depart-22
ment of Commerce— 23
(A) for fiscal year 2026, $1,244,000,000; 24
(B) for fiscal year 2027, $1,335,000,000; 25
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(C) for fiscal year 2028, $1,431,000,000; 1
(D) for fiscal year 2029, $1,535,000,000; 2
(E) for fiscal year 2030, $1,646,000,000; 3
(F) for fiscal year 2031, $1,765,000,000; 4
(G) for fiscal year 2032, $1,893,000,000; 5
(H) for fiscal year 2033, $2,030,000,000; 6
(I) for fiscal year 2034, $2,177,000,000; 7
(J) for fiscal year 2035, $2,335,000,000; 8
and 9
(K) for fiscal year 2036 and each fiscal 10
year thereafter, the amount appropriated under 11
this paragraph for the previous fiscal year, in-12
creased by the percentage increase (if any), 13
during the previous fiscal year, in the Con-14
sumer Price Index for all urban consumers pub-15
lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 16
(5) N
ATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE AD -17
MINISTRATION SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE .— 18
For the Science Mission Directorate at the National 19
Aeronautics and Space Administration— 20
(A) for fiscal year 2026, $7,880,000,000; 21
(B) for fiscal year 2027, $8,457,000,000; 22
(C) for fiscal year 2028, $9,070,000,000; 23
(D) for fiscal year 2029, $9,727,000,000; 24
(E) for fiscal year 2030, $10,431,000,000; 25
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(F) for fiscal year 2031, $11,186,000,000; 1
(G) for fiscal year 2032, $11,995,000,000; 2
(H) for fiscal year 2033, $12,864,000,000; 3
(I) for fiscal year 2034, $13,796,000,000; 4
(J) for fiscal year 2035, $14,796,000,000; 5
and 6
(K) for fiscal year 2036 and each fiscal 7
year thereafter, the amount appropriated under 8
this paragraph for the previous fiscal year, in-9
creased by the percentage increase (if any), 10
during the previous fiscal year, in the Con-11
sumer Price Index for all urban consumers pub-12
lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 13
(b) A
VAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under 14
subsection (a) shall remain available until expended. 15
(c) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 16
(1) D
EPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCIENCE AND 17
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS .—The term ‘‘Department 18
of Defense science and technology programs’’ means 19
the appropriations accounts that support the various 20
institutes, offices, and centers that make up the De-21
partment of Defense science and technology pro-22
grams. 23
(2) N
ATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION .—The 24
term ‘‘National Science Foundation’’ means the ap-25
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propriations accounts that support the various insti-1
tutes, offices, and centers that make up the National 2
Science Foundation. 3
(3) O
FFICE OF SCIENCE AT THE DEPARTMENT 4
OF ENERGY.—The term ‘‘Office of Science at the 5
Department of Energy’’ means the appropriations 6
accounts that support the various institutes, offices, 7
and centers that make up the Department of Energy 8
Office of Science. 9
(4) S
CIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE AT THE 10
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRA -11
TION.—The term ‘‘Science Mission Directorate at 12
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’’ 13
means the appropriations accounts that support the 14
various institutes, offices, and centers that make up 15
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 16
Science Mission Directorate. 17
(5) S
CIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH 18
AND SERVICES OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 19
STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY .—The term ‘‘sci-20
entific and technical research and services of the Na-21
tional Institute of Standards and Technology’’ 22
means the appropriations accounts that support the 23
various institutes, offices, and centers that make up 24
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the National Institute of Standards and Technology 1
scientific and technical research and services. 2
(d) E
XEMPTION OFCERTAINAPPROPRIATIONSFROM 3
S
EQUESTRATION.— 4
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Section 255(g)(1)(A) of the 5
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 6
Act (2 U.S.C. 905(g)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting 7
after ‘‘Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund 8
and Other Funds (16–0327–0–1–600).’’ the fol-9
lowing: 10
‘‘Appropriations under the American Inno-11
vation Act.’’. 12
(2) A
PPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by 13
this section shall apply to any sequestration order 14
issued under the Balanced Budget and Emergency 15
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) 16
on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 17
(e) B
UDGETARYEFFECTS.— 18
(1) S
TATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS .—The 19
budgetary effects of this section shall not be entered 20
on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to 21
section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay As-You-Go Act of 22
2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(d)). 23
(2) S
ENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS .—The budg-24
etary effects of this section shall not be entered on 25
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any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of 1
section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 2
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