,,ii #aahth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 #ciig ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,march #bj1 #bjbd,mr4 ,durbin 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,padilla1 ,mr4 ,schatz1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 and ,mr4 ,welch7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions ,a ,,bill ,to prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in basic science research4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,american ,innovation ,act4 #b4 ,appropriations for innovation 7a7 ,in general ,there are hereby authorized to be appropriated1 and appropriated1 out of any monies in the ,treasury not otherwise appropriated1 the following3 7#a7 ,national ,science ,foundation ,for the ,national ,science ,foundation-- 7,a7 for fiscal year #bjbe1 #i1gda1jjj1jjj2 7,b7 for fiscal year #bjbf1 #aj1dfj1jj1jjj2 7,c7 for fiscal year #bjbg1 #aa1bac1jjj1jjj2 7,d7 for fiscal year #bjbh1 #ab1jai1jjj1jjj2 7,e7 for fiscal year #bjbi1 #ab1hhf1jjj1jjj2 7,f7 for fiscal year #bjcj1 #ac1hag1jjj1jjj2 7,g7 for fiscal year #bjca1 #ad1hag1jjj1jjj2 7,h7 for fiscal year #bjcb1 #ae1hia1jjj1jjj2 7,i7 for fiscal year #bjcc1 #ag1jdc1jjj1jjj2 7,j7 for fiscal year #bjcd1 #ah1bhj1jjj1jjj2 and 7,k7 for fiscal year #bjce and each fiscal year thereafter1 the amount appropriated under this paragraph for the previous fiscal year1 increased by the percentage increase 7if any71 during the previous fiscal year1 in the ,consumer ,price ,index for all urban consumers published by the ,bureau of ,labor ,statistics4 7#b7 ,department of ,energy1 ,office of ,science ,for the ,office of ,science at the ,department of ,energy-- 7,a7 for fiscal year #bjbe1 #h1hei1jjj1jjj2 7,b7 for fiscal year #bjbf1 #i1eac1jjj1jjj2 7,c7 for fiscal year #bjbg1 #aj1aii1jjj1jjj2 7,d7 for fiscal year #bjbh1 #aj1ica1jjj1jjj2 7,e7 for fiscal year #bjbi1 #aa1gbj1jjj1jjj2 7,f7 for fiscal year #bjcj1 #ab1eff1jjj1jjj2 7,g7 for fiscal year #bjca1 #ac1dgf1jjj1jjj2 7,h7 for fiscal year #bjcb1 #ad1deb1jjj1jjj2 7,i7 for fiscal year #bjcc1 #ae1eja1jjj1jjj2 7,j7 for fiscal year #bjcd1 #af1fbe1jjj1jjj2 and 7,k7 for fiscal year #bjce and each fiscal year thereafter1 the amount appropriated under this paragraph for the previous fiscal year1 increased by the percentage increase 7if any71 during the previous fiscal year1 in the ,consumer ,price ,index for all urban consumers published by the ,bureau of ,labor ,statistics4 7#c7 ,department of ,defense science and technology programs ,for the ,department of ,defense science and technology programs-- 7,a7 for fiscal year #bjbe1 #ba1hig1jjj1jjj2 7,b7 for fiscal year #bjbf1 #bc1eab1jjj1jjj2 7,c7 for fiscal year #bjbg1 #be1bjg1jjj1jjj2 7,d7 for fiscal year #bjbh1 #bg1jah1jjj1jjj2 7,e7 for fiscal year #bjbi1 #bh1iff1jjj1jjj2 7,f7 for fiscal year #bjcj1 #ca1jei1jjj1jjj2 7,g7 for fiscal year #bjca1 #cc1cjg1jjj1jjj2 7,h7 for fiscal year #bjcb1 #ce1gba1jjj1jjj2 7,i7 for fiscal year #bjcc1 #ch1cab1jjj1jjj2 7,j7 for fiscal year #bjcd1 #da1jia1jjj1jjj2 and 7,k7 for fiscal year #bjce and each fiscal year thereafter1 the amount appropriated under this paragraph for the previous fiscal year1 increased by the percentage increase 7if any71 during the previous fiscal year1 in the ,consumer ,price ,index for all urban consumers published by the ,bureau of ,labor ,statistics4 7#d7 ,national ,institute of ,standards and ,technology ,scientific and ,technical ,research and ,services ,for the scientific and technical research and services of the ,national ,institute of ,standards and ,technology at the ,department of ,commerce-- 7,a7 for fiscal year #bjbe1 #a1afa1jjj1jjj2 7,b7 for fiscal year #bjbf1 #a1bdg1jjj1jjj2 7,c7 for fiscal year #bjbg1 #a1ccg1jjj1jjj2 7,d7 for fiscal year #bjbh1 #a1dcc1jjj1jjj2 7,e7 for fiscal year #bjbi1 #a1ecf1jjj1jjj2 7,f7 for fiscal year #bjcj1 #a1fdg1jjj1jjj2 7,g7 for fiscal year #bjca1 #a1gff1jjj1jjj2 7,h7 for fiscal year #bjcb1 #a1hid1jjj1jjj2 7,i7 for fiscal year #bjcc1 #b1jcb1jjj1jjj2 7,j7 for fiscal year #bjcd1 #b1agi1jjj1jjj2 and 7,k7 for fiscal year #bjce and each fiscal year thereafter1 the amount appropriated under this paragraph for the previous fiscal year1 increased by the percentage increase 7if any71 during the previous fiscal year1 in the ,consumer ,price ,index for all urban consumers published by the ,bureau of ,labor ,statistics4 7#e7 ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration ,science ,mission ,directorate ,for the ,science ,mission ,directorate at the ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration-- 7,a7 for fiscal year #bjbe1 #g1hhe1jjj1jjj2 7,b7 for fiscal year #bjbf1 #h1dfg1jjj1jjj2 7,c7 for fiscal year #bjbg1 #i1jgg1jjj1jjj2 7,d7 for fiscal year #bjbh1 #i1gbi1jjj1jjj2 7,e7 for fiscal year #bjbi1 #aj1dca1jjj1jjj2 7,f7 for fiscal year #bjcj1 #aa1ahe1jjj1jjj2 7,g7 for fiscal year #bjca1 #aa1iid1jjj1jjj2 7,h7 for fiscal year #bjcb1 #ab1hfc1jjj1jjj2 7,i7 for fiscal year #bjcc1 #ac1gif1jjj1jjj2 7,j7 for fiscal year #bjcd1 #ad1gig1jjj1jjj2 and 7,k7 for fiscal year #bjce and each fiscal year thereafter1 the amount appropriated under this paragraph for the previous fiscal year1 increased by the percentage increase 7if any71 during the previous fiscal year1 in the ,consumer ,price ,index for all urban consumers published by the ,bureau of ,labor ,statistics4 7b7 ,availability ,amounts appropriated under subsection 7a7 shall remain available until expended4 7c7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,department of ,defense science and technology programs ,the term ,department of ,defense science and technology programs means the appropriations accounts that support the various institutes1 offices1 and centers that make up the ,department of ,defense science and technology programs4 7#b7 ,national ,science ,foundation ,the term ,national ,science ,foundation means the appropriations accounts that support the various institutes1 offices1 and centers that make up the ,national ,science ,foundation4 7#c7 ,office of ,science at the ,department of ,energy ,the term ,office of ,science at the ,department of ,energy means the appropriations accounts that support the various institutes1 offices1 and centers that make up the ,department of ,energy ,office of ,science4 7#d7 ,science ,mission ,directorate at the ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration ,the term ,science ,mission ,directorate at the ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration means the appropriations accounts that support the various institutes1 offices1 and centers that make up the ,national ,aeronautics and ,space ,administration ,science ,mission ,directorate4 7#e7 ,scientific and technical research and services of the ,national ,institute of ,standards and ,technology ,the term scientific and technical research and services of the ,national ,institute of ,standards and ,technology means the appropriations accounts that support the various institutes1 offices1 and centers that make up the ,national ,institute of ,standards and ,technology scientific and technical research and services4 7d7 ,exemption of certain appropriations from sequestration 7#a7 ,in general ,section #bee7;g77#a77;,a7 of the ,balanced ,budget and ,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ije7;g77#a77;,a77 is amended by inserting after ,advances to the ,unemployment ,trust ,fund and ,other ,funds 7#af-jcbg-j-a-fjj74 the following3 ,appropriations under the ,american ,innovation ,act4 4 7#b7 ,applicability ,the amendment made by this section shall apply to any sequestration order issued under the ,balanced ,budget and ,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ijj et seq47 on or after the date of enactment of this ,act4 7e7 ,budgetary effects 7#a7 ,statutory paygo scorecards ,the budgetary effects of this section shall not be entered on either ,,paygo scorecard maintained pursuant to section #d7;d7 of the ,statutory ,pay ,as-,you-,go ,act of #bjaj 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #icc7;d774 7#b7 ,senate paygo scorecards ,the budgetary effects of this section shall not be entered on any ,,paygo scorecard maintained for purposes of section #dajf of ,h4 ,con4 ,res4 #ga 7#aaeth ,congress74