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A statement by Hunter Rawlings, President of AAU, on the omnibus appropriations and tax bills Congress will consider this week.
Federal Budget | National Science Foundation | FY16 | Agency Budgets | National Institutes of Health | Department of Defense | Department of Energy | NASA | Department of Education | National Endowment for the Humanities | Agriculture & Food Research Initiative | Fiscal Policy | Taxation & Finance | Endowments and Charitable Giving | Press ReleasesAAU joined CUPA-HR-led comments in response to the Labor Department’s proposed overtime rule, which formally rescinds the Department’s 2016 rule. The rule, published in March 2019, would increase the annual salary threshold that determines which employees qualify for overtime pay from $455 to $679…
Reducing Regulatory Burden | CommentsAAU President Barbara R. Snyder sent a letter to Congress expressing support for certain provisions of the Build Back Better Act and urging some important modifications as the bill advances through the legislative process. The letter emphasizes the significance of a successful government-university…
Infrastructure and Innovation | Student Aid | FY22 | Student Aid Tax Issues | COVID-19 | Higher Education Legislation | Innovation and Competitiveness | Taxation & Finance | Endowments and Charitable Giving | LettersAAU joined more than 200 organizations in sending a letter urging state governors across the United States to maintain and expand licensure and telehealth flexibilities for the duration of the federal COVID-19 public health emergency.
Reducing Regulatory Burden | 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 | LettersCharitable gifts are a critically important source of revenue to universities. These gifts are sometimes used to fund current operations through annual giving campaigns. Many charitable gifts are made specifically to an institution's endowment to support specific purposes and activities - such as…
Endowments and Charitable Giving | Issue BriefAAU joined over 100 organizations sending a letter to Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh requesting that the Department of Labor hold stakeholder meetings prior to the development and issuance of its anticipated proposed rulemaking on “white collar” exemptions to the overtime regulations under the Fair…
Reducing Regulatory Burden | Higher Education Regulation | LettersAAU and others sent a letter to Jessica Looman, Acting Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, at the Department of Labor, requesting that the Department hold stakeholder meetings prior to the development and issuance of its anticipated proposed rulemaking on “white collar” exemptions to the…
Higher Education Regulation | Reducing Regulatory Burden | LettersThe Charitable Giving Coalition, of which AAU is a member, sent a letter to House and senate leaders to request they include an expanded and extended universal charitable giving deduction in the forthcoming pandemic aid package.
Endowments and Charitable Giving | COVID-19 | LettersState Department Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Keith Krach sent a letter to the governing boards of American colleges and universities and their affiliates seeking their assistance to safeguard American technology and institutions to ensure national and economic…
Science & Security | Endowments and Charitable Giving | Intellectual Property | Letters