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22 119THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION S. 1276
55 To prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment
66 in basic science research.
77 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
88 APRIL3, 2025
99 Mr. D
1010 URBIN(for himself, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. PADILLA, and
1111 Mr. S
1212 CHATZ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and re-
1313 ferred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
1414 A BILL
1515 To prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national
1616 investment in basic science research.
1717 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
1818 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
1919 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
2020 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Innovation 4
2121 Act’’. 5
2222 SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS FOR INNOVATION. 6
2323 (a) I
2424 NGENERAL.—There are hereby authorized to be 7
2525 appropriated, and appropriated, out of any monies in the 8
2626 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following: 9
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3030 (1) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION .—For the 1
3131 National Science Foundation— 2
3232 (A) for fiscal year 2026, $9,735,000,000; 3
3333 (B) for fiscal year 2027, $10,447,000,000; 4
3434 (C) for fiscal year 2028, $11,205,000,000; 5
3535 (D) for fiscal year 2029, $12,016,000,000; 6
3636 (E) for fiscal year 2030, $12,886,000,000; 7
3737 (F) for fiscal year 2031, $13,818,000,000; 8
3838 (G) for fiscal year 2032, $14,818,000,000; 9
3939 (H) for fiscal year 2033, $15,892,000,000; 10
4040 (I) for fiscal year 2034, $17,043,000,000; 11
4141 (J) for fiscal year 2035, $18,279,000,000; 12
4242 and 13
4343 (K) for fiscal year 2036 and each fiscal 14
4444 year thereafter, the amount appropriated under 15
4545 this paragraph for the previous fiscal year, in-16
4646 creased by the percentage increase (if any), 17
4747 during the previous fiscal year, in the Con-18
4848 sumer Price Index for all urban consumers pub-19
4949 lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 20
5050 (2) D
5151 EPARTMENT OF ENERGY , OFFICE OF 21
5252 SCIENCE.—For the Office of Science at the Depart-22
5353 ment of Energy— 23
5454 (A) for fiscal year 2026, $8,854,000,000; 24
5555 (B) for fiscal year 2027, $9,501,000,000; 25
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5959 (C) for fiscal year 2028, $10,191,000,000; 1
6060 (D) for fiscal year 2029, $10,929,000,000; 2
6161 (E) for fiscal year 2030, $11,720,000,000; 3
6262 (F) for fiscal year 2031, $12,568,000,000; 4
6363 (G) for fiscal year 2032, $13,477,000,000; 5
6464 (H) for fiscal year 2033, $14,453,000,000; 6
6565 (I) for fiscal year 2034, $15,501,000,000; 7
6666 (J) for fiscal year 2035, $16,624,000,000; 8
6767 and 9
6868 (K) for fiscal year 2036 and each fiscal 10
6969 year thereafter, the amount appropriated under 11
7070 this paragraph for the previous fiscal year, in-12
7171 creased by the percentage increase (if any), 13
7272 during the previous fiscal year, in the Con-14
7373 sumer Price Index for all urban consumers pub-15
7474 lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 16
7575 (3) D
7676 EPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCIENCE AND 17
7777 TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS .—For the Department of 18
7878 Defense science and technology programs— 19
7979 (A) for fiscal year 2026, $23,109,000,000; 20
8080 (B) for fiscal year 2027, $24,799,000,000; 21
8181 (C) for fiscal year 2028, $26,259,000,000; 22
8282 (D) for fiscal year 2029, $28,525,000,000; 23
8383 (E) for fiscal year 2030, $30,590,000,000; 24
8484 (F) for fiscal year 2031, $32,803,000,000; 25
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8888 (G) for fiscal year 2032, $35,178,000,000; 1
8989 (H) for fiscal year 2033, $37,725,000,000; 2
9090 (I) for fiscal year 2034, $40,459,000,000; 3
9191 (J) for fiscal year 2035, $43,392,000,000; 4
9292 and 5
9393 (K) for fiscal year 2036 and each fiscal 6
9494 year thereafter, the amount appropriated under 7
9595 this paragraph for the previous fiscal year, in-8
9696 creased by the percentage increase (if any), 9
9797 during the previous fiscal year, in the Con-10
9898 sumer Price Index for all urban consumers pub-11
9999 lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 12
100100 (4) N
101101 ATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND 13
102102 TECHNOLOGY SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RE -14
103103 SEARCH AND SERVICES .—For the scientific and 15
104104 technical research and services of the National Insti-16
105105 tute of Standards and Technology at the Depart-17
106106 ment of Commerce— 18
107107 (A) for fiscal year 2026, $1,244,000,000; 19
108108 (B) for fiscal year 2027, $1,335,000,000; 20
109109 (C) for fiscal year 2028, $1,431,000,000; 21
110110 (D) for fiscal year 2029, $1,535,000,000; 22
111111 (E) for fiscal year 2030, $1,646,000,000; 23
112112 (F) for fiscal year 2031, $1,765,000,000; 24
113113 (G) for fiscal year 2032, $1,893,000,000; 25
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117117 (H) for fiscal year 2033, $2,030,000,000; 1
118118 (I) for fiscal year 2034, $2,177,000,000; 2
119119 (J) for fiscal year 2035, $2,335,000,000; 3
120120 and 4
121121 (K) for fiscal year 2036 and each fiscal 5
122122 year thereafter, the amount appropriated under 6
123123 this paragraph for the previous fiscal year, in-7
124124 creased by the percentage increase (if any), 8
125125 during the previous fiscal year, in the Con-9
126126 sumer Price Index for all urban consumers pub-10
127127 lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 11
128128 (5) N
129129 ATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE AD -12
130130 MINISTRATION SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE .— 13
131131 For the Science Mission Directorate at the National 14
132132 Aeronautics and Space Administration— 15
133133 (A) for fiscal year 2026, $7,880,000,000; 16
134134 (B) for fiscal year 2027, $8,457,000,000; 17
135135 (C) for fiscal year 2028, $9,070,000,000; 18
136136 (D) for fiscal year 2029, $9,727,000,000; 19
137137 (E) for fiscal year 2030, $10,431,000,000; 20
138138 (F) for fiscal year 2031, $11,186,000,000; 21
139139 (G) for fiscal year 2032, $11,995,000,000; 22
140140 (H) for fiscal year 2033, $12,864,000,000; 23
141141 (I) for fiscal year 2034, $13,796,000,000; 24
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145145 (J) for fiscal year 2035, $14,796,000,000; 1
146146 and 2
147147 (K) for fiscal year 2036 and each fiscal 3
148148 year thereafter, the amount appropriated under 4
149149 this paragraph for the previous fiscal year, in-5
150150 creased by the percentage increase (if any), 6
151151 during the previous fiscal year, in the Con-7
152152 sumer Price Index for all urban consumers pub-8
153153 lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 9
154154 (b) A
155155 VAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under 10
156156 subsection (a) shall remain available until expended. 11
157157 (c) D
158158 EFINITIONS.—In this section: 12
159159 (1) D
160160 EPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCIENCE AND 13
161161 TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS .—The term ‘‘Department 14
162162 of Defense science and technology programs’’ means 15
163163 the appropriations accounts that support the various 16
164164 institutes, offices, and centers that make up the De-17
165165 partment of Defense science and technology pro-18
166166 grams. 19
167167 (2) N
168168 ATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION .—The 20
169169 term ‘‘National Science Foundation’’ means the ap-21
170170 propriations accounts that support the various insti-22
171171 tutes, offices, and centers that make up the National 23
172172 Science Foundation. 24
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176176 (3) OFFICE OF SCIENCE AT THE DEPARTMENT 1
177177 OF ENERGY.—The term ‘‘Office of Science at the 2
178178 Department of Energy’’ means the appropriations 3
179179 accounts that support the various institutes, offices, 4
180180 and centers that make up the Department of Energy 5
181181 Office of Science. 6
182182 (4) S
183183 CIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE AT THE 7
184184 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRA -8
185185 TION.—The term ‘‘Science Mission Directorate at 9
186186 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’’ 10
187187 means the appropriations accounts that support the 11
188188 various institutes, offices, and centers that make up 12
189189 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 13
190190 Science Mission Directorate. 14
191191 (5) S
192192 CIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH 15
193193 AND SERVICES OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 16
194194 STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY .—The term ‘‘sci-17
195195 entific and technical research and services of the Na-18
196196 tional Institute of Standards and Technology’’ 19
197197 means the appropriations accounts that support the 20
198198 various institutes, offices, and centers that make up 21
199199 the National Institute of Standards and Technology 22
200200 scientific and technical research and services. 23
201201 (d) E
202202 XEMPTION OFCERTAINAPPROPRIATIONSFROM 24
203203 S
204204 EQUESTRATION.— 25
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208208 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 255(g)(1)(A) of the 1
209209 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 2
210210 Act (2 U.S.C. 905(g)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting 3
211211 after ‘‘Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund 4
212212 and Other Funds (16–0327–0–1–600).’’ the fol-5
213213 lowing: 6
214214 ‘‘Appropriations under the American Inno-7
215215 vation Act.’’. 8
216216 (2) A
217217 PPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by 9
218218 this section shall apply to any sequestration order 10
219219 issued under the Balanced Budget and Emergency 11
220220 Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) 12
221221 on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 13
222222 (e) B
223223 UDGETARYEFFECTS.— 14
224224 (1) S
225225 TATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS .—The 15
226226 budgetary effects of this section shall not be entered 16
227227 on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to 17
228228 section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay As-You-Go Act of 18
229229 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(d)). 19
230230 (2) S
231231 ENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS .—The budg-20
232232 etary effects of this section shall not be entered on 21
233233 any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of 22
234234 section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 23
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