Appropriators in both chambers proposed budgets that largely reject President Trump’s deep cuts to major federal science agencies. Lawmakers plan far smaller reductions for the National Science Foundation and NASA than the White House requested, and they would increase or hold steady funding for Department of Energy research programs. The draft figures represent a bipartisan pushback after a year of agency funding fights. Science-policy groups and university research offices applauded the shift. The American Association for the Advancement of Science and academic leaders had warned that large cuts would cost jobs, stall projects, and weaken U.S. competitiveness in basic research. Congressional negotiators still face a January deadline to avert another government funding lapse. For higher education, the appropriations move reduces near-term risk to research portfolios, graduate training, and facilities planning. Institutions now face the administrative work of re-submitting budgets and contingency plans if final appropriations diverge from the committee drafts.