The legislative package for 2020 allots $25 million for gun-violence research, which has been on hold for more than two decades.

The National Defense Authorization Act calls for a new task force and roundtable to limit foreign government involvement in federally funded research.

In the wake of reports of CRISPRed babies born in China, a bipartisan resolution “opposes the experiments that resulted in pregnancies using genome-edited human embryos.”

An amendment to the 2020 funding bill would prohibit the Trump administration from convening ethics advisory boards to review funding proposals involving the tissues.

A spending bill approved by a House committee would require the agency to “accelerate” the replacement of nonhuman primates in laboratories starting in October.

The bill for fiscal year 2019 increases allocations for NSF, FDA, and others above 2018 levels.

The ongoing stalemate over the federal budget has forced one-quarter of the US government to begin a second week of closure.

The Democrats’ takeover of the House inspires hope for science-based policies, but voters struck down several ballot initiatives to counteract climate change.

Opponents of the proposal call the changes a “wildlife extinction package.”