Letters

AAU and higher education associations comment on higher education provisions in the Senate version of H.R. 1. the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

AAU joined 45 other higher education associations to express concerns with the Senate version of H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

AAU and four other higher education associations wrote to the EPA to ask it reconsider a recent directive barring scientists who receive EPA grants from serving in advisory roles.

AAU President Mary Sue Coleman sent letters to congressional leaders urging them to preserve universities' ability, through their endowments, to serve students and society.

AAU, APLU, and COGR submitted a letter to NIH in response to the agency’s Request for Comments on its Proposal to Update Data Management of Genomic Summary Results Under the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy.  The joint letter requests NIH clarify that the consent requirements detailed in the notice are limited to prospective collections and agrees that summary genomic data results should be provided through appropriate controlled access.

The Coalition for National Security Research (CNSR), sent a letter urging Congress to begin negotiations on a bipartisan budget agreement to raise the discretionary budget caps.

AAU joined APLU in a letter asking the White House Office of Management & Budget to prioritize research and higher education funding in the Administration's FY19 budget.

AAU joined 19 other organizations in a letter sent to House Speaker Paul Ryan and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi condemning H. Con. Res. 71, the budget resolution under consideration by the House of Representatives.

AAU joined a coalition of 21 higher education associations in a letter to U.S. House and Senate leaders, urging them to vote on extending the Federal Perkins Loan Program