The idea of massively expanding the budget and mission of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help the United States out-innovate China is gaining political momentum in Washington, D.C. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D–NY) has revised his year-old bill that would create a technology directorate at NSF. The bipartisan bill retains a proposed $100 billion boost for the agency, but is vague about how much would go to the new directorate. On 31 March, President Joe Biden included the new directorate and a $50 billion bump for NSF as part of his $2.3 trillion proposal to upgrade the nation's aging infrastructure. And on 26 March, Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D–TX), chair of the science committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, backed both a new directorate and a larger NSF budget as part of a bill reauthorizing programs at the $8.5 billion agency. Congress is expected to begin hashing out the legislative details as early as next week. And Biden's vocal support for revamping NSF makes it more likely that something will happen.

华盛顿特区参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默（Chuck Schumer）（D-NY）大幅扩大了国家科学基金会（NSF）的预算和任务以帮助美国进行创新的想法正在华盛顿获得政治动力。该法案将在NSF建立技术局。两党的法案保留了为该机构增加1000亿美元的提议，但对于新任董事会将花费多少却是含糊的。3月31日，总统拜登（Joe Biden）将新的首长级理事会和对NSF的500亿美元颠簸包括在其2.3万亿美元的计划中，以升级国家老化的基础设施。3月26日，美国众议院科学委员会主席Eddie Bernice Johnson代表（D–TX），作为这家市值85亿美元的机构重新授权计划的法案的一部分，它支持了新的首长级理事会和更大的NSF预算。预计国会最早将在下周开始讨论立法细节。拜登对改版NSF的坚定支持使事情发生的可能性更大。