Letters

AAU, ACE, APLU, and COGR write in support of the July 7 draft of the Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2014.

This legislation has positive aspects that we support. We also have specific concerns regarding the bill which, if not addressed, would prevent our organizations from fully endorsing the bill.

We encourage Members of the Committee to take additional time to evaluate the unintended consequences of this bill.

Higher education associations write in support of S. 2432, the "Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act."

COGR and AAU comment on the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) guidance concerning significant changes in an approved animal protocol.

A group representing thousands of innovative companies, universities, and organizations and millions of workers in the United States write to express serious concerns with the direction of patent legislation.

The American Council on Education and higher education associations, write regarding a discussion draft of the Tax Reform Act of 2014.

Groups representing thousands of innovative companies, universities, and organizations and millions of workers in the United States write to express their serious concerns with the direction of patent legislation. It is our belief that the future of the U.S. economy and our ability to compete successfully in the global economy is dependent on Congress fostering a strong patent system that incentivizes innovators to invent.

A group of high-technology corporations and associations sent a letter to leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee urging them to make changes in the bill.

Higher education associations, write to House and Senate members to urge them to include extensions of the above-the-line deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses (tuition deduction) and the Individual Retirement Account (IRA) Charitable Rollover in any tax extenders legislation that is enacted this year (2014).