Letters

AAU joined ACE and 29 other organizations in sending a letter to leaders of the House and Senate education and labor committees urging them to pass the bipartisan Building Civic Bridges Act.

AAU joined 15 other associations in urging the leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee to include the Tax-Free Pell Grant Act in end-of-the year tax legislation.

CNSF, of which AAU is a member and co-chair, letter to House and Senate appropriations committee leaders urging them to complete FY23 appropriations before end of the year and to fund NSF at the highest level possible.

CNSF, of which AAU is a member and co-chair, letter to OMB Director Shalanda Young and OSTP Director Arati Prabhakar asking for the administration to request the full amount authorized in CHIPS and Science for NSF in FY24.

TFAI, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan and OMB Director Shalanda D. Young urging them to increase investments in NSF in FY24.

TFAI, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and OMB Director Shalanda D. Young urging them to increase investments in the NIST in FY24.

AAU joined more than 80 top businesses and organizations in calling on Congress to take legislative action and protect recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In a letter to congressional leaders, the Coalition for the American Dream noted that businesses, already suffering from workforce challenges, would “face another crisis if Congress fails to act on an issue that has strong bipartisan support from the American people.”

On Wednesday, the Task Force on American Innovation (an alliance of industry, professional societies, and university organizations, including AAU) sent a letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda D. Young urging them to increase investments in the Department of Energy Office of Science in FY24.

The Coalition for National Security Research, which includes AAU and other organizations, sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urging an increase in FY24 over the FY23 funding levels for defense science and technology (S&T) programs, including the defense basic research programs.

The Energy Sciences Coalition, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter urging House and Senate leaders of the appropriations subcommittees on energy and water to appropriate at least $8.1 billion for the DOE Office of Science in FY23.