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AAU 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 | LettersSens. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) are circulating a “dear colleague” letter asking senators to join a letter to President Joe Biden requesting he work with Congress on a plan to double the maximum Pell Grant award.
Higher Education Legislation | Student Aid | FY22 | Federal Budget | LettersAAU joined 15 other associations in urging the leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee to include the Tax-Free Pell Grant Act in end-of-the year tax legislation.
Taxation & Finance | Student Aid Tax Issues | Student Aid | Affordability and Student Aid | LettersCollected tax-policy proposals from the higher education community in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
COVID-19 | Student Aid Tax Issues | Taxation & Finance | MemoAAU joined NACUBO and six other associations on a letter to the Treasury Department to ensure that emergency grant aid for students included in the CARES Act is not treated as taxable income or traditional educational grant aid.
Student Aid Tax Issues | Taxation & Finance | COVID-19 | LettersThe Task Force on American Innovation sent a letter asking Congress to complete negotiations on fiscal year 2022 funding bills encouraging bicameral and bipartisan support to fund key investments in scientific and engineering research and development agencies.
FY22 | Federal Budget | National Science Foundation | NASA | Department of Defense | LettersAAU joined 187 organizations in encouraging Congress to invest in America’s students by doubling the maximum Pell Grant award
Affordability and Student Aid | Student Aid | FY22 | LettersAAU wrote a letter to Congress urging the passage of FY22 appropriations bills before the end of the year.
FY22 | Federal Budget | LettersUnited for Medical Research, of which AAU is a founding member, sent letters urging House and Senate leaders to avoid another continuing resolution and to complete FY22 appropriations
National Institutes of Health | FY22 | LettersThe House approved its final compromise NDAA bill, S. 1605 on December 7, 2021 on a 363-70 vote. The final NDAA authorizes $768.1 billion in defense spending, $25 billion more than the President’s FY22 budget request.
Department of Defense | Science & Security | FY22