American Innovation Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 961 To prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in basic science research. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 24, 2021 Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. BROWN, Mr. SCHATZ, and Ms. BALDWIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 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) IN GENERAL.—There are hereby authorized to be 7 appropriated, and appropriated, out of any monies in the 8 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following: 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:02 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S961.IS S961 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 961 IS (1) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—For the 1 National Science Foundation— 2 (A) for fiscal year 2022, $9,081,000,000; 3 (B) for fiscal year 2023, $9,716,000,000; 4 (C) for fiscal year 2024, $10,397,000,000; 5 (D) for fiscal year 2025, $11,124,000,000; 6 (E) for fiscal year 2026, $11,903,000,000; 7 (F) for fiscal year 2027, $12,736,000,000; 8 (G) for fiscal year 2028, $13,628,000,000; 9 (H) for fiscal year 2029, $14,582,000,000; 10 (I) for fiscal year 2030, $15,603,000,000; 11 (J) for fiscal year 2031, $16,695,000,000; 12 and 13 (K) for fiscal year 2032 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) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, OFFICE OF 21 SCIENCE.—For the Office of Science at the Depart- 22 ment of Energy— 23 (A) for fiscal year 2022, $7,518,000,000; 24 (B) for fiscal year 2023, $8,044,000,000; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:02 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S961.IS S961 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 961 IS (C) for fiscal year 2024, $8,607,000,000; 1 (D) for fiscal year 2025, $9,210,000,000; 2 (E) for fiscal year 2026, $9,854,000,000; 3 (F) for fiscal year 2027, $10,544,000,000; 4 (G) for fiscal year 2028, $11,282,000,000; 5 (H) for fiscal year 2029, $12,072,000,000; 6 (I) for fiscal year 2030, $12,917,000,000; 7 (J) for fiscal year 2031, $13,821,000,000; 8 and 9 (K) for fiscal year 2032 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) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCIENCE AND 17 TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS.—For the Department of 18 Defense science and technology programs— 19 (A) for fiscal year 2022, $18,054,000,000; 20 (B) for fiscal year 2023, $19,318,000,000; 21 (C) for fiscal year 2024, $20,670,000,000; 22 (D) for fiscal year 2025, $22,117,000,000; 23 (E) for fiscal year 2026, $23,665,000,000; 24 (F) for fiscal year 2027, $25,322,000,000; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:02 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S961.IS S961 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •S 961 IS (G) for fiscal year 2028, $27,094,000,000; 1 (H) for fiscal year 2029, $28,991,000,000; 2 (I) for fiscal year 2030, $31,020,000,000; 3 (J) for fiscal year 2031, $33,192,000,000; 4 and 5 (K) for fiscal year 2032 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) NATIONAL 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 2022, $843,000,000; 19 (B) for fiscal year 2023, $902,000,000; 20 (C) for fiscal year 2024, $965,000,000; 21 (D) for fiscal year 2025, $1,033,000,000; 22 (E) for fiscal year 2026, $1,105,000,000; 23 (F) for fiscal year 2027, $1,183,000,000; 24 (G) for fiscal year 2028, $1,265,000,000; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:02 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S961.IS S961 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •S 961 IS (H) for fiscal year 2029, $1,354,000,000; 1 (I) for fiscal year 2030, $1,449,000,000; 2 (J) for fiscal year 2031, $1,550,000,000; 3 and 4 (K) for fiscal year 2032 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) NATIONAL 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 2022, $7,728,000,000; 16 (B) for fiscal year 2023, $8,268,000,000; 17 (C) for fiscal year 2024, $8,847,000,000; 18 (D) for fiscal year 2025, $9,467,000,000; 19 (E) for fiscal year 2026, $10,129,000,000; 20 (F) for fiscal year 2027, $10,838,000,000; 21 (G) for fiscal year 2028, $11,597,000,000; 22 (H) for fiscal year 2029, $12,409,000,000; 23 (I) for fiscal year 2030, $13,277,000,000; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:02 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S961.IS S961 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 6 •S 961 IS (J) for fiscal year 2031, $14,207,000,000; 1 and 2 (K) for fiscal year 2032 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) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under 10 subsection (a) shall remain available until expended. 11 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 12 (1) DEPARTMENT 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) NATIONAL 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:02 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S961.IS S961 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 7 •S 961 IS (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) SCIENCE 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) SCIENTIFIC 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) EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS FROM 24 SEQUESTRATION.— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:02 Apr 17, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S961.IS S961 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 8 •S 961 IS (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 7 Innovation Act.’’. 8 (2) APPLICABILITY.—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) BUDGETARY EFFECTS.— 14 (1) STATUTORY 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) SENATE 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 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:53 Apr 19, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S961.IS S961 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS