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AAU sent a letter to Congress urging passage of final FY22 appropriations and Build Back Better Act provisions important to our nation’s health, economic competitiveness, security, and crucial government-university research partnership.
Federal Budget | FY22 | Innovation and Competitiveness | Affordability and Student Aid | Agency Budgets | 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 | FY22United 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 | LettersAAU joined six other higher education associations in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona requesting clear and comprehensive information on the department’s plans to resume student loan repayments on February 1, 2022.
Student Loans | Department of Education | Higher Education Regulation | LettersAAU wrote a letter to Congress urging the passage of FY22 appropriations bills before the end of the year.
FY22 | Federal Budget | LettersAAU joined the Friends of Institute of Education Sciences Coalition in sending a letter urging the House and Senate Appropriations Committee leadership to include $814 million for IES as part of a final FY22 appropriations agreement.
FY22 | LettersThe Coalition for National Science Funding, which includes AAU, sent a letter thanking the Appropriations committees in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate for their continued support in NSF funding for the Fiscal Year 2022.
FY22 | Costs of Research | National Science Foundation | LettersSummary of research security provisions in the House FY22 NDAA package (H.R. 4350.)
Science & Security | Department of Defense | FY22 | BackgrounderAAU joined 75 other higher education associations in sending a letter urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to “preserve critical investments in college affordability and college completion in the final Build Back Better package.”
Affordability and Student Aid | FY22 | Student Aid | Federal Budget | LettersTFAI sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging them to prioritize science and technology research infrastructure funding as they finalize the FY22 reconciliation bill
FY22 | Federal Budget | Innovation and Competitiveness | Letters