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SAA Letter to Senate Appropriators Requests Robust Federal Student Aid Funding

The Student Aid Alliance sent a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee leadership thanking them for their continued bipartisan support of federal student aid programs, and requesting the committee fund federal student aid programs at levels provided in the House-passed FY20 Labor-HHS-Ed.
Letters | Student Aid

CNSR Commends Congressional Leaders for FY2020 NDAA Support

The Coalition for National Security Research, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to House and Senate Armed Services Committee leadership thanking them for their work on the FY20 National Defense Authorization Act.

Letters | Department of Defense

AAU, Associations Send Letter to USCIS Regarding Registration Tool

AAU, together with 14 associations, sent a letter to USCIS acting director Ken Cuccinelli to request information regarding the USCIS decision on electronic registration for the fiscal year FY21 H-1B cap filing season and stakeholder engagement for the H-1B registration tool.
Letters | FY21 | Immigration

AAU, APLU Call on OMB to Prioritize Higher Education Research in FY21

AAU and APLU sent a letter to OMB acting director Russell Vought urging his office to support increased federal funding for higher education and scientific research in the administration’s FY21 budget
Letters | FY21 | Federal Budget

AAU, Associations Comment on FTC Safeguards Rule NPRM

AAU, together with nine other higher education associations, submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission regarding the agency’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, titled “Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information.” 
Letters | Intellectual Property

AAU, Associations Thank Sponsors of College Student Hunger Act

AAU, together with ACE, APLU, and 31 other higher education associations, sent a letter to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. Alfred Lawson Jr. (D-FL) to thank them for introducing S. 2143/H.R. 3809, the College Student Hunger Act of 2019.

Letters | Higher Education Legislation

AAU Opposes SBIR and STTR "Set Aside" Provisions

AAU sent a letter to Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) to oppose provisions in the “SBA Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2019.”
Letters | Technology Transfer | National Institutes of Health | Innovation and Competitiveness

AAU and APLU Urge Congress and the Administration to Raise the Budget Caps

AAU and APLU sent a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Russel Vough, Speaker Pelosi, and Leaders McCarthy, McConnell, and Schumer urging them to work together to negotiate a bipartisan budget agreement that raises the discretionary spending caps for FY2020 and FY2021. 
Letters | FY21 | FY20 | Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness

AAU, Associations Urge Committee Leadership to Support of Graduate Education

AAU, along with other members of the higher education community, sent a letter to Chairman Alexander, Ranking Member Murray, Chairman Scott, and Ranking Member Foxx on July 15, 2019 urging them to consider graduate education as a priority during the process of reauthorizing the Higher Educat

Letters

AAU, Associations Call on Senate Leaders to Support Grad PLUS

AAU, along with other members of the higher education community, sent a letter to Chairman Lamar Alexander and Ranking Member Patty Murray on June 26, 2019 in support of the Federal Direct Graduate PLUS (Grad PLUS) Loan program. 
Letters | Higher Education Legislation