The U.S. House of Representatives again seems bent on rejecting President Donald Trump’s proposed drastic spending cuts to several science agencies as it begins to tackle his budget request for the upcoming 2027 fiscal year. But that would still leave such agencies as the National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Census Bureau with less money for research than they received this year. In a bill released today , the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies proposes to cut NSF’s current $8.75 billion budget by 20%. Trump sought just $4 billion for NSF in his 2027 budget request to Congress earlier this month, plus $900 million for an Antarctic research icebreaker . The House draft bill makes no mention of the vessel. At NASA, the agency’s science missions would receive $6 billion, well above the $3.9 billion Trump requested but 17% below its current level of $7.2 billion.…