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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 1276
To prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment
in basic science research.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL3, 2025
Mr. D
URBIN(for himself, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. PADILLA, and
Mr. S
CHATZ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and re-
ferred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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
SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS FOR INNOVATION. 6
(a) I
NGENERAL.—There are hereby authorized to be 7
appropriated, and appropriated, out of any monies in the 8
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following: 9
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(1) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION .—For the 1
National Science Foundation— 2
(A) for fiscal year 2026, $9,735,000,000; 3
(B) for fiscal year 2027, $10,447,000,000; 4
(C) for fiscal year 2028, $11,205,000,000; 5
(D) for fiscal year 2029, $12,016,000,000; 6
(E) for fiscal year 2030, $12,886,000,000; 7
(F) for fiscal year 2031, $13,818,000,000; 8
(G) for fiscal year 2032, $14,818,000,000; 9
(H) for fiscal year 2033, $15,892,000,000; 10
(I) for fiscal year 2034, $17,043,000,000; 11
(J) for fiscal year 2035, $18,279,000,000; 12
and 13
(K) for fiscal year 2036 and each fiscal 14
year thereafter, the amount appropriated under 15
this paragraph for the previous fiscal year, in-16
creased by the percentage increase (if any), 17
during the previous fiscal year, in the Con-18
sumer Price Index for all urban consumers pub-19
lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 20
(2) D
EPARTMENT OF ENERGY , OFFICE OF 21
SCIENCE.—For the Office of Science at the Depart-22
ment of Energy— 23
(A) for fiscal year 2026, $8,854,000,000; 24
(B) for fiscal year 2027, $9,501,000,000; 25
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(C) for fiscal year 2028, $10,191,000,000; 1
(D) for fiscal year 2029, $10,929,000,000; 2
(E) for fiscal year 2030, $11,720,000,000; 3
(F) for fiscal year 2031, $12,568,000,000; 4
(G) for fiscal year 2032, $13,477,000,000; 5
(H) for fiscal year 2033, $14,453,000,000; 6
(I) for fiscal year 2034, $15,501,000,000; 7
(J) for fiscal year 2035, $16,624,000,000; 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
(3) D
EPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCIENCE AND 17
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS .—For the Department of 18
Defense science and technology programs— 19
(A) for fiscal year 2026, $23,109,000,000; 20
(B) for fiscal year 2027, $24,799,000,000; 21
(C) for fiscal year 2028, $26,259,000,000; 22
(D) for fiscal year 2029, $28,525,000,000; 23
(E) for fiscal year 2030, $30,590,000,000; 24
(F) for fiscal year 2031, $32,803,000,000; 25
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(G) for fiscal year 2032, $35,178,000,000; 1
(H) for fiscal year 2033, $37,725,000,000; 2
(I) for fiscal year 2034, $40,459,000,000; 3
(J) for fiscal year 2035, $43,392,000,000; 4
and 5
(K) for fiscal year 2036 and each fiscal 6
year thereafter, the amount appropriated under 7
this paragraph for the previous fiscal year, in-8
creased by the percentage increase (if any), 9
during the previous fiscal year, in the Con-10
sumer Price Index for all urban consumers pub-11
lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 12
(4) N
ATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND 13
TECHNOLOGY SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RE -14
SEARCH AND SERVICES .—For the scientific and 15
technical research and services of the National Insti-16
tute of Standards and Technology at the Depart-17
ment of Commerce— 18
(A) for fiscal year 2026, $1,244,000,000; 19
(B) for fiscal year 2027, $1,335,000,000; 20
(C) for fiscal year 2028, $1,431,000,000; 21
(D) for fiscal year 2029, $1,535,000,000; 22
(E) for fiscal year 2030, $1,646,000,000; 23
(F) for fiscal year 2031, $1,765,000,000; 24
(G) for fiscal year 2032, $1,893,000,000; 25
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(H) for fiscal year 2033, $2,030,000,000; 1
(I) for fiscal year 2034, $2,177,000,000; 2
(J) for fiscal year 2035, $2,335,000,000; 3
and 4
(K) for fiscal year 2036 and each fiscal 5
year thereafter, the amount appropriated under 6
this paragraph for the previous fiscal year, in-7
creased by the percentage increase (if any), 8
during the previous fiscal year, in the Con-9
sumer Price Index for all urban consumers pub-10
lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 11
(5) N
ATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE AD -12
MINISTRATION SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE .— 13
For the Science Mission Directorate at the National 14
Aeronautics and Space Administration— 15
(A) for fiscal year 2026, $7,880,000,000; 16
(B) for fiscal year 2027, $8,457,000,000; 17
(C) for fiscal year 2028, $9,070,000,000; 18
(D) for fiscal year 2029, $9,727,000,000; 19
(E) for fiscal year 2030, $10,431,000,000; 20
(F) for fiscal year 2031, $11,186,000,000; 21
(G) for fiscal year 2032, $11,995,000,000; 22
(H) for fiscal year 2033, $12,864,000,000; 23
(I) for fiscal year 2034, $13,796,000,000; 24
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(J) for fiscal year 2035, $14,796,000,000; 1
and 2
(K) for fiscal year 2036 and each fiscal 3
year thereafter, the amount appropriated under 4
this paragraph for the previous fiscal year, in-5
creased by the percentage increase (if any), 6
during the previous fiscal year, in the Con-7
sumer Price Index for all urban consumers pub-8
lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 9
(b) A
VAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under 10
subsection (a) shall remain available until expended. 11
(c) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 12
(1) D
EPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCIENCE AND 13
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS .—The term ‘‘Department 14
of Defense science and technology programs’’ means 15
the appropriations accounts that support the various 16
institutes, offices, and centers that make up the De-17
partment of Defense science and technology pro-18
grams. 19
(2) N
ATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION .—The 20
term ‘‘National Science Foundation’’ means the ap-21
propriations accounts that support the various insti-22
tutes, offices, and centers that make up the National 23
Science Foundation. 24
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(3) OFFICE OF SCIENCE AT THE DEPARTMENT 1
OF ENERGY.—The term ‘‘Office of Science at the 2
Department of Energy’’ means the appropriations 3
accounts that support the various institutes, offices, 4
and centers that make up the Department of Energy 5
Office of Science. 6
(4) S
CIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE AT THE 7
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRA -8
TION.—The term ‘‘Science Mission Directorate at 9
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’’ 10
means the appropriations accounts that support the 11
various institutes, offices, and centers that make up 12
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 13
Science Mission Directorate. 14
(5) S
CIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH 15
AND SERVICES OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 16
STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY .—The term ‘‘sci-17
entific and technical research and services of the Na-18
tional Institute of Standards and Technology’’ 19
means the appropriations accounts that support the 20
various institutes, offices, and centers that make up 21
the National Institute of Standards and Technology 22
scientific and technical research and services. 23
(d) E
XEMPTION OFCERTAINAPPROPRIATIONSFROM 24
S
EQUESTRATION.— 25
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 255(g)(1)(A) of the 1
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 2
Act (2 U.S.C. 905(g)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting 3
after ‘‘Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund 4
and Other Funds (16–0327–0–1–600).’’ the fol-5
lowing: 6
‘‘Appropriations under the American Inno-7
vation Act.’’. 8
(2) A
PPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by 9
this section shall apply to any sequestration order 10
issued under the Balanced Budget and Emergency 11
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) 12
on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 13
(e) B
UDGETARYEFFECTS.— 14
(1) S
TATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS .—The 15
budgetary effects of this section shall not be entered 16
on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to 17
section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay As-You-Go Act of 18
2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(d)). 19
(2) S
ENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS .—The budg-20
etary effects of this section shall not be entered on 21
any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of 22
section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 23
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