RICE UNIVERSITY

H.R. 6585, the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act - Oppose Sec. 7a and Sec. 7b due to the negative impact this offset provision would have on undergraduate and graduate students attending institutions subject to the endowment excise tax. H.R. 6951, the College Cost Reduction Act - Oppose changing the current need analysis formula, replacing cost of attendance with the median cost of college for the program of study (Title II, Access and Affordability, Part A, Financial Need); Oppose requiring institutions to pay the federal government annually for a portion of a students unpaid interest and principal of their federal student loans (Title III, Accountability and Student Success, Part A, Accountability); Oppose new guaranteed maximum price institutional eligibility requirements for the PROMISE Grant program (Title II Access and Affordability, Part B, Financial Aid, Subpart 1, Grants); oppose capping total annual borrowing amount at median cost of college, and lowering aggregate student loan limits; oppose eliminating the Grad PLUS and Parent PLUS loan programs (Title II, Access and Affordability, Part B, Financial Aid, Subpart 2, Loans); and oppose significant alterations to accreditation systems and processes. Oppose two provisions in negotiated rulemaking on Program Integrity and Institutional Quality: Reciprocity Eligibility for Institutions With More Than 500 Students in Another State could significantly impact institutions that serve a large, and growing number of out-of-state students through online learning programs; and State Specific Laws Related to Closure could lead to uneven protections based on state residency.

H.R. 8070 - FY25 National Defense Authorization Act - Support Army report language proposal for Rice University PFAS research collaboration "PFAS Detection and Remediation Research" or "Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Detection and Remediation Research." H.R. 8070 - FY25 National Defense Authorization Act - Oppose Amendment 943, Subtitle D - Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act, SEC. 1766. AGREEMENTS WITH APPLICABLE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

H.R. __ - FY25 Labor, Health & Human Services Appropriations - Support $1.7 billion in funding for ARPA-H. This funding level would give ARPA-H a $200 million increase over FY24 levels. H.R. __ - FY25 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations - Community funded project request for $2.2 million to Alief ISD-Rice University Planetary and Space Exploration Education Project. H.R. __ - FY25 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations - NASA report language request for in-situ resource utilization and resource recycling; surface mobility; electromagnetic tools; and additive manufacturing. S. __ - FY25 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations - NASA report language request for in-situ resource utilization and resource recycling; surface mobility; electromagnetic tools; and additive manufacturing. H.R. __ - FY25 Energy & Water Appropriations - Department of Energy report language request for National Laboratory Partnerships at Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. S. __ - FY25 Energy & Water Appropriations - Department of Energy report language request for National Laboratory Partnerships at Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. H.R. __ - FY25 Defense Appropriations - Provide an additional $10 million for "Collaborative for Hierarchical and Agile Responsive Materials," Army RDTE, 0602146A (Line 13) Network C3I: $94.576M (+$10M over PBR for energy efficient devices) S. __ - FY25 Defense Appropriations - Provide an additional $10 million for "Collaborative for Hierarchical and Agile Responsive Materials," Army RDTE, 0602146A (Line 13) Network C3I: $94.576M (+$10M over PBR for energy efficient devices) H.R. __ - FY25 Defense Appropriations - Provide an additional $10 million for "Coal, Middlings & Fly Ash as Advanced Materials and Critical Metal Sources," Army RDTE, 0603119A (Line 38) Ground Advanced Technology: $55.880M (+$10M over PBR for "coal-derived advanced materials.") S. __ - FY25 Defense Appropriations - Provide an additional $10 million for "Coal, Middlings & Fly Ash as Advanced Materials and Critical Metal Sources," Army RDTE, 0603119A (Line 38) Ground Advanced Technology: $55.880M (+$10M over PBR for "coal-derived advanced materials.") H.R. __ - FY25 Labor, Health & Human Services Appropriations - Oppose SEC. 237. None of the funds made available by this Act to the National Institutes of Health may be used for facilities and administration costs (as defined in section 200.414 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations) that exceed 30 percent of an award to an applicable educational institution that is an organization subject to taxation under section 4968 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. H.R. __ - FY25 Labor, Health & Human Services Appropriations - Oppose -SEC. 538. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available by this Act may be made available to support directly or indirectly-(4) gain-of-function research.

Prospective contacts supporting the establishment and funding of an institutional nexus devoted to bilateral U.S. and Latin America regional cooperation on the deployment and implementation of artificial intelligence and related critical digital technologies.

Support reforming 26 USC 4968, the excise tax based on investment income of certain private colleges and universities.