The Student Aid Alliance sent a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee leadership House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee staff requesting the committee fund federal student aid programs without statutory budget caps.
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.
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.
AAU joined ACE and 33 other higher education organizations on a letter to Education Secretary-designate Miguel Cardona to request the department provide critical guidance about emergency COVID-19 relief funding provided in the first and second Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund.
AAU joined ACE and 18 other organizations to send a letter to acting Education Secretary Philip Rosenfelt to request a meeting to discuss the requirements for foreign gift and contract reporting under Section 117 of the Higher Education Act.