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AAU and APLU sent a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Russel Vough, Speaker Pelosi, and Leaders McCarthy, McConnell, and Schumer urging them to work together to negotiate a bipartisan budget agreement that raises the discretionary…
Federal Budget | FY20 | FY21 | LettersThe Non-Defense Discretionary United coalition sent a letter to Congress urging them to raise the Budget Control Act budget caps for FY20 and FY21.
FY20 | Federal Budget | FY21 | LettersAAU and APLU sent a letter to OMB acting director Russell Vought urging his office to support increased federal funding for higher education and scientific research in the administration’s FY21 budget
Federal Budget | FY21 | LettersAAU, together with 14 associations, sent a letter to USCIS acting director Ken Cuccinelli to request information regarding the USCIS decision on electronic registration for the fiscal year FY21 H-1B cap filing season and stakeholder engagement for the H-1B registration tool.
Immigration | FY21 | LettersAAU joined 17 other higher education organizations on a letter to House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committee leaders to pass legislation to address issues in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, including the “kiddie,” parking, and endowment taxes, and to extend the above-the-line deduction for…
Taxation & Finance | Student Aid Tax Issues | Nonprofit Tax Compliance | LettersThe Coalition for National Security Research, which includes AAU, sent a letter to House and Senate defense appropriations leaders to highlight the coalition’s funding priorities for the FY21 Defense appropriations measure.
FY21 | Federal Budget | Department of Defense | Innovation and Competitiveness | LettersAAU joined 171 science and research stakeholders in sending a letter to Congressional leadership urging swift action to complete work on the FY 2021 appropriations bills. The letter discusses the importance of importance of federal R&D the need for timely enactment of these bills.
Federal Budget | FY21 | LettersThe Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Coalition, which includes AAU, today sent a letter to House and Senate Agriculture Appropriations Leaders to urge them to include $435 million for AFRI in the final FY21 appropriations measure.
Agriculture & Food Research Initiative | FY21 | Federal Budget | LettersAAU joined the American Council on Education (ACE) and 18 other higher education organizations in endorsing the Tax-Free Pell Grant Act (H.R. 3000), which “would repeal the taxability of Pell Grants and help hundreds of thousands of low-income Pell Grant recipients access the American Opportunity…
Student Aid Tax Issues | Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | Higher Education Regulation | Higher Education Legislation | Taxation & Finance | LettersThe Federal Tax Code impacts colleges and universities' missions through provisions affecting aid to students; incentives for charitable giving; tax-exempt financing; UBIT; and the R&D tax credit.
Taxation & Finance | Student Aid Tax Issues | Endowments and Charitable Giving | Issue Brief