((a)) ** Sense of Congress on support and promotion of innovation in the United States** 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)) ** Sense of Congress on setting annual funding goals for basic research** 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)) ** Definitions** In this section:

((1)) ** Basic research** The term “basic research” has the meaning given such term in the Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A–11.

((2)) ** Executive agency** The term “Executive agency” has the meaning given such term in .section 105 of title 5