THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

2024 Farm Bill authorizations for NIFA, cooperative extension, higher education, infrastructure and global agriculture programs.

Appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, ARS, and NIFA funding. Appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, NIST, NASA, NOAA, NSF, MEP, and Manufacturing USA funding; Science, technology, and engineering funding in higher education, economic development, and COPS funding. Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, advanced materials and additive manufacturing, electric battery, energetic materials, innovative alloys, medical innovations and Army technology development, artificial intelligence and autonomous communications research funding, basic research and science and technology funding, DARPA funding. Appropriations for Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, energy efficiency and renewable energy funding, additive manufacturing, nuclear energy and security, office of science, materials research and engineering education research, and ARPA-E funding. Appropriations for Financial Services and General Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, funding for preservation of historical documents. Appropriations for Interior, Environment and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, humanities funding, wildlife research funding and water research funding. Appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, funding for health-related research at HHS & NIH, HRSA Title VII and VIII funding, AHRQ fundnig, Pell Grant funding and student aid, and graduate education funding. Appropriations for the Department of State and Foreign Operations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, funding for USAID Innovation Labs and agriculture programs. Appropriations for the Department of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, funding for university transportation centers, research, technology and education program, environmental energy funding, aircraft technologies funding, economic development funding, aviation biofuels funding, and FTA funding.

Legislation regarding the welfare of student athletes and college athletics.

National Defense Authorization Act for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, authorizations for advanced materials and additive manufacturing, electric battery, energetic materials, innovative alloys, medical innovations and Army technology development, and artificial intelligence and autonomous communications research.

Regulations surrounding the exercise of March-In Rights.