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On March 10, the House of Representatives passed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
COVID-19 | Higher Education Legislation | National Endowment for the Humanities | National Science Foundation | Department of Education | Issue BriefThe Student Aid Alliance sent a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee leadership House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee staff requesting the committee fund federal student aid programs without statutory budget caps.
Student Aid | Higher Education Legislation | FY22 | Federal Budget | LettersAAU letter expressing gratitude for pandemic relief measures to date and outlining steps the federal policymakers should pursue in a bipartisan manner to continue to support our nation's recovery and strengthen our global competitiveness.
COVID-19 | Infrastructure and Innovation | Student Aid | Higher Education Legislation | FY22 | LettersAAU joined ACE and 16 other higher education associations in urging congressional leaders to pass legislation to extend COVID-related flexibilities granted to the Department of Veterans Affairs
COVID-19 | Higher Education Legislation | Affordability and Student Aid | LettersAAU joined 34 organizations in sending a letter urging Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to prioritize and strengthen the Education Department's international and foreign language education and research funding in FY23, specifically for the Title VI and Fulbright-Hays programs.
FY23 | Federal Budget | Higher Education Legislation | LettersThis table represents the current status of FY22 appropriations for AAU’s funding priorities at the Departments of Education, Energy, and Defense as well as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA, AFRI, and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
FY22 | Federal Budget | Agriculture & Food Research Initiative | Department of Defense | Department of Education | Department of Energy | National Endowment for the Humanities | National Institutes of Health | NASA | Appropriations Tables | Humanities | Fact SheetsThe Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the flagship competitive grant program for agricultural research.
FY22 | Federal Budget | Agriculture & Food Research Initiative | Issue BriefAAU, ACE and 46 other organizations sent a letter to the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees reiterating the higher education community's funding requests for the FY22 appropriations process.
FY22 | Higher Education Legislation | Affordability and Student Aid | LettersAAU, ACE, and 32 other associations sent a letter urging the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee to include higher education tax proposals in any legislation that incorporates the American Jobs and American Families plans.
Student Aid Tax Issues | Higher Education Legislation | Endowments and Charitable Giving | LettersAAU joined over 300 organizations and nearly 900 colleges and universities on a letter urging Members of Congress to double the maximum Pell Grant award.
Higher Education Legislation | Student Aid | FY22 | Federal Budget | Letters