Letters

AAU joined 187 organizations in encouraging Congress to invest in America’s students by doubling the maximum Pell Grant award

The Task Force on American Innovation sent a letter asking Congress to complete negotiations on fiscal year 2022 funding bills encouraging bicameral and bipartisan support to fund key investments in scientific and engineering research and development agencies.

AAU joined over 100 organizations sending a letter to Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh requesting that the Department of Labor hold stakeholder meetings prior to the development and issuance of its anticipated proposed rulemaking on “white collar” exemptions to the overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

AAU sent a letter to Secretary Mayorkas thanking him for his leadership in reestablishing the Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council (HSAAC).

AAU sent a letter to Congress urging passage of final FY22 appropriations and Build Back Better Act provisions important to our nation’s health, economic competitiveness, security, and crucial government-university research partnership.

United for Medical Research, of which AAU is a founding member, sent a letter urging OMB Acting Director Shalanda Young to include an increase of at least $3 billion to the base budget of the National Institutes of Health for FY23.

AAU and 13 other organization sent a follow-up letter requesting a response from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services on a previous letter, sent in March, 2021, that had urged the agency quickly to implement provisions of the “Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act” included in H.R. 8337, the “Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act.”

AAU joined CUPA-HR and nine other higher education associations in sending a letter to USCIS Director Ur Jaddou requesting that previously announced flexibilities on Form I-9 compliance requirements be extended through June 30, 2022.

The Coalition for National Security Research, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense highlighting the coalition’s appropriation priorities for the FY22 budget.