§ 6603. Sense of Congress on innovation acceleration research

• (a) It is the sense of Congress that each Federal research agency should strive to support and promote innovation in the United States through high-risk, high-reward basic research projects that—
  • (1) meet fundamental technological or scientific challenges;
  • (2) involve multidisciplinary work; and
  • (3) involve a high degree of novelty.
• (b) It is the sense of Congress that each Executive agency that funds research in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics should set a goal of allocating an appropriate percentage of the annual basic research budget of such agency to funding high-risk, high-reward basic research projects described in subsection (a).
• (c) In this section:
  • (1) The term “basic research” has the meaning given such term in the Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A–11.
  • (2) The term “Executive agency” has the meaning given such term in section 105 of title 5 .