AAU and five other higher education associations wrote to the Department of Veterans Affairs to express concerns with the proposed implementation of section 107 of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act (P.L. 115-48), also known as the Forever G.I. bill.
AAU President Mary Sue Coleman sent a letter to House and Senate Appropriators urging them to adopt the Senate-passed funding levels for the Department of Energy Office of Science and Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy.
The associations wrote that they support "harmonizing the inter partes review (IPR) claim construction standard with that of the federal courts and the ITC by applying the Phillips standard rather than the 'broadest reasonable interpretation' standard."
The Task Force on American Innovation (TFAI) sent a letter to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees urging Congress to remain committed to sustained, robust funding for vital science agencies in FY19.
AAU and other associations expressed appreciation to the House for its efforts to provide a legislative solution for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018.
Compete America, of which Association of American Universities (AAU) is a member, filed comments to USCIS on the "Accrual if Unlawful Presence and F, J, and M Nonimmigrants" Memo.
The joint statement emphasizes how the proposed policy obscures and conflates 'unlawful presence' and 'maintenance of status.'
AAU President Mary Sue Coleman wrote to the Environmental Protection Agency urging it to extend the public comment period on the proposed rule, Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science from 30 days to 60 days
Four Associations, including Association of American Universities, wrote in support of the proposal to delay the general compliance date of the revised common rule.