HR 1569 115th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Appropriations Budget deficits and national debt Defense spending Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Energy Energy research Executive agency funding and structure National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Science Foundation Research administration and funding

American Innovation Act

Introduced: March 16, 2017 Introduced by: Foster, Bill Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

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Became law

Apr 25, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

Apr 5, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.

Mar 16, 2017

Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Mar 16, 2017

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Innovation Act

This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2017-FY2021 to accommodate increases in appropriations for agencies that perform basic science research.

Adjustments are required for the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy Office of Science, Department of Defense science and technology programs, National Institute of Standards and Technology Scientific and Technical Research and Services, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate.

The bill also requires annual appropriations for each of the programs and agencies referenced in this bill to be at least the amount appropriated in FY2016.

The bill exempts appropriations provided pursuant to this bill from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.

What's happening now April 25, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

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