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Science reports that a draft spending bill would increase the US National Institutes of Health budget by 13 percent.

Lawmakers in the US have come to a budget agreement that includes funding boosts for many science agencies.

Nature News reports that Congress needs to move quickly to pass spending bills before the fiscal year ends to fund science agencies.

Congressional lawmakers and Trump Administration officials have reached an agreement on a two-year budget deal.

A House Appropriations Committee has voted to keep a ban on genetically modifying human embryos for reproduction, NPR reports.

A draft bill proposed by a US House of Representatives spending panel does not currently include language barring the editing of a human embryo, ScienceInsider reports.

A bill passed by a US House of Representatives appropriations subcommittee would give scientific agencies including the National Science Foundation boosts in funding.