Letters

CNSF sent letters to congressional science appropriators requesting at least $11.9 billion in funding for the National Science Foundation in FY24.

Yesterday, AAU joined ACE and over 20 other higher education associations in submitting a comment letter on the proposed Department of Homeland Security rule adjusting fees for various immigration services and benefits provided by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

AAU joined ACE and 28 other higher education associations in sending a comment letter on the Education Department’s proposed changes to the Revised Pay as You Earn or REPAYE income-driven repayment (IDR) plan.

AAU joined ACE and other higher education associations in objecting to a proposal by the Department of Education to publish an annual list of “low-financial-value” postsecondary programs.

AAU joined ACE and other higher education associations in sending a letter urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to support provisions in the FY23 NDAA that would increase STEM and research capacity at HBCUs, TCUs, HSIs, and MSIs.

AAU President Barbara R. Snyder sent a letter urging Congressional leaders to avoid a year-long CR and pass an omnibus bill before the new year.

AAU joined the Innovation Alliance and five other organizations in sending a letter to the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee expressing opposition to the Pride in Patent Ownership Act (S. 2774).

UMR Urges House and Senate Leadership to Increase NIH Funding by $2.5 billion in FY 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill.

Former Directors of the NSF and Chairs of the NSB wrote to the President, Vice President and the Congress to make the case for funding the NSF at levels authorized in the CHIPS and Science Act.

AAU joined other higher education organizations in a letter to Congress in support of H.R. 7939, the Student Veteran Emergency Relief Act.