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).
Universities support goals of legislative proposals intended to curtail abusive practices in the patent system; such practices impair the ability of the U.S. patent system to foster innovation and economic competitiveness. Legitimate patent holders across the spectrum are victimized by these practices, including universities and their licensees.
University comments on legislative proposals to curb abusive patent practices.
Letter to Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader Cantor urging the House to move forward on immigration reform in 2014.
Six university, medical college, and higher education associations write to commend The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy on the introduction of S. 1720 and the initial hearing on the legislation held December 17, 2013, and to request an opportunity for universities to testify at another hearing as a continuation of a deliberative process for the Senate Judiciary Committee’s consideration of patent litigation reform legislation.
AAU and APLU write to Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Johnson on behalf of their member universities specifically concerning Section 302, Public Access to Research Articles and Data, of the “Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science and Technologies (FIRST) Act” discussion draft.
The Task Force on American Innovation urges co-chairs of the FY14 budget conference committee to reach an agreement that eliminates the sequester.
The following letter is about the noted absence of Title VI from the Department's 2012-16 International Education Strategy Report.
Letter by associations expressing gratitude for bipartisan approval of S. 994, the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, by the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
BHEF urges the Members to reach an agreement for FY2014 that eliminates sequestration, promotes economic growth through research and education investments, and includes modest entitlement reforms to help address the nation’s fiscal challenges and promote generational equity without harming those most in need.