AAU, together with ACE, APLU, and 39 other organizations sent a letter to House leaders to urge them to support H.R. 5365, the “FUTURE Act.” The legislation was amended by the Senate to permanently reauthorize $255 million in annual funding to historically black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions, streamline the FAFSA application process by allowing the IRS to share taxpayer information directly with the Education Department, and provide additional funding for the Pell Grant program.