Translate the following sentence to German:
First, America increased the level of government support for science, reaching a sum of around $85 billion in this year’s budget.

German:

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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Erstens hat Amerika die Höhe der staatlichen Unterstützung der Wissenschaft gesteigert – sie erreicht eine Summe von etwa 85 Milliarden Dollar im diesjährigen Haushalt.