The Friends of IES, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to House and Senate Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations subcommittee leaders requesting at least $700 million for the Institute of Education Sciences in FY22.
Letters | FY22 | COVID-19 | Federal Budget
AAU letter expressing gratitude for pandemic relief measures to date and outlining steps the federal policymakers should pursue in a bipartisan manner to continue to support our nation's recovery and strengthen our global competitiveness.
Infrastructure and Innovation | Letters | Student Aid | FY22 | COVID-19 | Higher Education Legislation
AAU joined ACE and 39 other higher education organizations on a letter to the State and Homeland Security Departments urging them to take action to allow international students to return to campuses in the United States for the fall semester.
AAU joined a group of 16 organizations to submit comments to the Department of Homeland Security in response to the department’s final rule, “Modification of Registration Requirements for Petitioners Seeking to File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions.”
AAU joined ACE and 51 other organizations on a letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee and House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders urging them quickly to advance H.R. 708/S. 168, the ‘‘Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment Act,” or TREAT Act.
The Agriculture Food and Research Initiative Coalition, which includes AAU, sent a letter to House and Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Leaders requesting they provide at least $600 million for AFRI in FY22 appropriations.
Letters | FY22 | Agriculture & Food Research Initiative | Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness
AAU joined 16 other organizations on a letter to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services urging 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, Associations Support $40B for Higher Education Pandemic Relief, Remind Lawmakers More Is Needed
AAU joined ACE and 56 other higher education associations on letters to House and Senate leaders to express their strong support for H.R. 1319, the “American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.”
The Coalition for the American Dream, which includes AAU, sent a letter to Senate leader urging them to quickly advance the bipartisan S. 264, “Dream Act of 2021.”
AAU joined ACE and 50 other higher education organizations in writing to Senate leadership in support of S.264 the Dream Act of 2021.