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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 | LettersAAU joined 17 other higher education associations in submitting an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in the case of Hughes, et al. v. Northwestern University, et al.
Higher Education Regulation | Legal BriefSummary of research security provisions in the House FY22 NDAA package (H.R. 4350.)
Science & Security | Department of Defense | FY22 | Backgrounder