AAU joined ACE and 20 higher education associations in a letter to Congress outlining priorities for provisions related to STEM education and scientific research and innovation in the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act of 2022 (H.R. 4521) and the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (S. 1260)
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AAU joined ACE and 13 other higher education organizations in sending a letter to the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee expressing concerns regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs’ recent 85-15 policy reset and changes in the requirements for a 35% exemption.
AAU joined ACE and 31 other organizations on a letter to Senate HELP Committee leaders urging them to adopt a amendment by Senator Chris Murphy to add the ‘‘Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment Act,” or TREAT Act to the PREVENT Pandemics Act (S. 3799).
AAU joined CUPA-HR, APLU, and ACE on a letter to the Department of Agriculture to request a 90-day extension of the comment period on the NPRM to make amendments to the Agriculture Acquisition Regulation.
The Energy Sciences Coalition, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to congressional leadership supporting the inclusion of Department of Energy provisions in the final competitiveness legislation package.
President Snyder sent a letter to House and Senate leaders outlining priorities for several key provisions that Congress is discussing as part of the conference process for the Senate-passed USICA and the House-passed America COMPETES Act.
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AAU and others sent a letter urging Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to “provide as much flexibility and support as possible for Ukrainian students and scholars currently in the U.S., and for students and scholars seeking to leave Ukraine during the current crisis.”
AAU sent a letter encouraging members of the Agriculture Subcommittees of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to support “increased investments to advance agricultural research in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)” in the FY22 agriculture appropriations bill
AAU sent a letter to President Biden requesting that the Department of Education extend FAFSA verification waivers for the 2022-23 award year.
AAU and 63 other higher education associations urged House and Senate leaders to take immediate action to address repeated bomb threats at HBCU campuses and to immediately pass a concurrent resolution condemning the violence and reaffirming support for HBCUs.