美国国家科学基金会暂扣国会指定的14亿美元科研资金。据《纽约时报》查阅的内部数据，该基金会在过去一年暂扣了国会指定的14亿美元科研资金，约占其主要研究预算的20%。
National Science Foundation Withholds $1.4 Billion in Congressionally Mandated Research Funding The National Science Foundation withheld $1.4 billion in research funding mandated by Congress over the past year, representing roughly 20 percent of its primary research budget, according to internal data reviewed by The New York Times.
据报道，特朗普政府暂扣这些资金，是为将资源转向人工智能和量子计算等特定优先领域，而非传统的基础研究。
The Trump administration reportedly withheld the funds to redirect resources toward specific priorities, such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing, rather than traditional basic research.
由于国会按两年周期分配美国国家科学基金会资金，该机构仍可在新开始的财政年度中使用这笔被推迟的资金。
Because Congress allocates NSF funding across two-year cycles, the agency retains the ability to spend the deferred money in the newly started fiscal year.
然而，包括众议员佐伊·洛夫格伦在内的国会议员批评称，此举是未经授权的行政变通做法，破坏了美国既有的科学研究框架。
However, congressional lawmakers, including Representative Zoe Lofgren, criticized the maneuver as an unauthorized executive workaround that undermines established U.S. scientific research frameworks.