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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2628
5	5	To prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment
6	6	in basic science research.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	APRIL3, 2025
9	9	Mr. F
10	10	OSTER(for himself, Ms. TOKUDA, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. CASTEN) intro-
11	11	duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science,
12	12	Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Armed
13	13	Services, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by
14	14	the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
15	15	in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
16	16	A BILL
17	17	To prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national
18	18	investment in basic science research.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20	20	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21	21	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
22	22	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Innovation 4
23	23	Act’’. 5
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27	27	SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS FOR INNOVATION. 1
28	28	(a) I
29	29	NGENERAL.—There are hereby authorized to be 2
30	30	appropriated, and appropriated, out of any monies in the 3
31	31	Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following: 4
32	32	(1) N
33	33	ATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION .—For the 5
34	34	National Science Foundation— 6
35	35	(A) for fiscal year 2026, $9,735,000,000; 7
36	36	(B) for fiscal year 2027, $10,447,000,000; 8
37	37	(C) for fiscal year 2028, $11,205,000,000; 9
38	38	(D) for fiscal year 2029, $12,016,000,000; 10
39	39	(E) for fiscal year 2030, $12,886,000,000; 11
40	40	(F) for fiscal year 2031, $13,818,000,000; 12
41	41	(G) for fiscal year 2032, $14,818,000,000; 13
42	42	(H) for fiscal year 2033, $15,892,000,000; 14
43	43	(I) for fiscal year 2034, $17,043,000,000; 15
44	44	(J) for fiscal year 2035, $18,279,000,000; 16
45	45	and 17
46	46	(K) for fiscal year 2036 and each fiscal 18
47	47	year thereafter, the amount appropriated under 19
48	48	this paragraph for the previous fiscal year, in-20
49	49	creased by the percentage increase (if any), 21
50	50	during the previous fiscal year, in the Con-22
51	51	sumer Price Index for all urban consumers pub-23
52	52	lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 24
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56	56	(2) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY , OFFICE OF 1
57	57	SCIENCE.—For the Office of Science at the Depart-2
58	58	ment of Energy— 3
59	59	(A) for fiscal year 2026, $8,854,000,000; 4
60	60	(B) for fiscal year 2027, $9,501,000,000; 5
61	61	(C) for fiscal year 2028, $10,191,000,000; 6
62	62	(D) for fiscal year 2029, $10,929,000,000; 7
63	63	(E) for fiscal year 2030, $11,720,000,000; 8
64	64	(F) for fiscal year 2031, $12,568,000,000; 9
65	65	(G) for fiscal year 2032, $13,477,000,000; 10
66	66	(H) for fiscal year 2033, $14,453,000,000; 11
67	67	(I) for fiscal year 2034, $15,501,000,000; 12
68	68	(J) for fiscal year 2035, $16,624,000,000; 13
69	69	and 14
70	70	(K) for fiscal year 2036 and each fiscal 15
71	71	year thereafter, the amount appropriated under 16
72	72	this paragraph for the previous fiscal year, in-17
73	73	creased by the percentage increase (if any), 18
74	74	during the previous fiscal year, in the Con-19
75	75	sumer Price Index for all urban consumers pub-20
76	76	lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 21
77	77	(3) D
78	78	EPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCIENCE AND 22
79	79	TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS .—For the Department of 23
80	80	Defense science and technology programs— 24
81	81	(A) for fiscal year 2026, $23,109,000,000; 25
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85	85	(B) for fiscal year 2027, $24,799,000,000; 1
86	86	(C) for fiscal year 2028, $26,259,000,000; 2
87	87	(D) for fiscal year 2029, $28,525,000,000; 3
88	88	(E) for fiscal year 2030, $30,590,000,000; 4
89	89	(F) for fiscal year 2031, $32,803,000,000; 5
90	90	(G) for fiscal year 2032, $35,178,000,000; 6
91	91	(H) for fiscal year 2033, $37,725,000,000; 7
92	92	(I) for fiscal year 2034, $40,459,000,000; 8
93	93	(J) for fiscal year 2035, $43,392,000,000; 9
94	94	and 10
95	95	(K) for fiscal year 2036 and each fiscal 11
96	96	year thereafter, the amount appropriated under 12
97	97	this paragraph for the previous fiscal year, in-13
98	98	creased by the percentage increase (if any), 14
99	99	during the previous fiscal year, in the Con-15
100	100	sumer Price Index for all urban consumers pub-16
101	101	lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 17
102	102	(4) N
103	103	ATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND 18
104	104	TECHNOLOGY SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RE -19
105	105	SEARCH AND SERVICES .—For the scientific and 20
106	106	technical research and services of the National Insti-21
107	107	tute of Standards and Technology at the Depart-22
108	108	ment of Commerce— 23
109	109	(A) for fiscal year 2026, $1,244,000,000; 24
110	110	(B) for fiscal year 2027, $1,335,000,000; 25
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114	114	(C) for fiscal year 2028, $1,431,000,000; 1
115	115	(D) for fiscal year 2029, $1,535,000,000; 2
116	116	(E) for fiscal year 2030, $1,646,000,000; 3
117	117	(F) for fiscal year 2031, $1,765,000,000; 4
118	118	(G) for fiscal year 2032, $1,893,000,000; 5
119	119	(H) for fiscal year 2033, $2,030,000,000; 6
120	120	(I) for fiscal year 2034, $2,177,000,000; 7
121	121	(J) for fiscal year 2035, $2,335,000,000; 8
122	122	and 9
123	123	(K) for fiscal year 2036 and each fiscal 10
124	124	year thereafter, the amount appropriated under 11
125	125	this paragraph for the previous fiscal year, in-12
126	126	creased by the percentage increase (if any), 13
127	127	during the previous fiscal year, in the Con-14
128	128	sumer Price Index for all urban consumers pub-15
129	129	lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 16
130	130	(5) N
131	131	ATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE AD -17
132	132	MINISTRATION SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE .— 18
133	133	For the Science Mission Directorate at the National 19
134	134	Aeronautics and Space Administration— 20
135	135	(A) for fiscal year 2026, $7,880,000,000; 21
136	136	(B) for fiscal year 2027, $8,457,000,000; 22
137	137	(C) for fiscal year 2028, $9,070,000,000; 23
138	138	(D) for fiscal year 2029, $9,727,000,000; 24
139	139	(E) for fiscal year 2030, $10,431,000,000; 25
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143	143	(F) for fiscal year 2031, $11,186,000,000; 1
144	144	(G) for fiscal year 2032, $11,995,000,000; 2
145	145	(H) for fiscal year 2033, $12,864,000,000; 3
146	146	(I) for fiscal year 2034, $13,796,000,000; 4
147	147	(J) for fiscal year 2035, $14,796,000,000; 5
148	148	and 6
149	149	(K) for fiscal year 2036 and each fiscal 7
150	150	year thereafter, the amount appropriated under 8
151	151	this paragraph for the previous fiscal year, in-9
152	152	creased by the percentage increase (if any), 10
153	153	during the previous fiscal year, in the Con-11
154	154	sumer Price Index for all urban consumers pub-12
155	155	lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 13
156	156	(b) A
157	157	VAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under 14
158	158	subsection (a) shall remain available until expended. 15
159	159	(c) D
160	160	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 16
161	161	(1) D
162	162	EPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCIENCE AND 17
163	163	TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS .—The term ‘‘Department 18
164	164	of Defense science and technology programs’’ means 19
165	165	the appropriations accounts that support the various 20
166	166	institutes, offices, and centers that make up the De-21
167	167	partment of Defense science and technology pro-22
168	168	grams. 23
169	169	(2) N
170	170	ATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION .—The 24
171	171	term ‘‘National Science Foundation’’ means the ap-25
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175	175	propriations accounts that support the various insti-1
176	176	tutes, offices, and centers that make up the National 2
177	177	Science Foundation. 3
178	178	(3) O
179	179	FFICE OF SCIENCE AT THE DEPARTMENT 4
180	180	OF ENERGY.—The term ‘‘Office of Science at the 5
181	181	Department of Energy’’ means the appropriations 6
182	182	accounts that support the various institutes, offices, 7
183	183	and centers that make up the Department of Energy 8
184	184	Office of Science. 9
185	185	(4) S
186	186	CIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE AT THE 10
187	187	NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRA -11
188	188	TION.—The term ‘‘Science Mission Directorate at 12
189	189	the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’’ 13
190	190	means the appropriations accounts that support the 14
191	191	various institutes, offices, and centers that make up 15
192	192	the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 16
193	193	Science Mission Directorate. 17
194	194	(5) S
195	195	CIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH 18
196	196	AND SERVICES OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 19
197	197	STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY .—The term ‘‘sci-20
198	198	entific and technical research and services of the Na-21
199	199	tional Institute of Standards and Technology’’ 22
200	200	means the appropriations accounts that support the 23
201	201	various institutes, offices, and centers that make up 24
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205	205	the National Institute of Standards and Technology 1
206	206	scientific and technical research and services. 2
207	207	(d) E
208	208	XEMPTION OFCERTAINAPPROPRIATIONSFROM 3
209	209	S
210	210	EQUESTRATION.— 4
211	211	(1) I
212	212	N GENERAL.—Section 255(g)(1)(A) of the 5
213	213	Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 6
214	214	Act (2 U.S.C. 905(g)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting 7
215	215	after ‘‘Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund 8
216	216	and Other Funds (16–0327–0–1–600).’’ the fol-9
217	217	lowing: 10
218	218	‘‘Appropriations under the American Inno-11
219	219	vation Act.’’. 12
220	220	(2) A
221	221	PPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by 13
222	222	this section shall apply to any sequestration order 14
223	223	issued under the Balanced Budget and Emergency 15
224	224	Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) 16
225	225	on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 17
226	226	(e) B
227	227	UDGETARYEFFECTS.— 18
228	228	(1) S
229	229	TATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS .—The 19
230	230	budgetary effects of this section shall not be entered 20
231	231	on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to 21
232	232	section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay As-You-Go Act of 22
233	233	2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(d)). 23
234	234	(2) S
235	235	ENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS .—The budg-24
236	236	etary effects of this section shall not be entered on 25
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240	240	any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of 1
241	241	section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 2
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