2nd Quarter - Report

ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY for ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$10,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

5 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Education EDU

Sign-on letter with NCAA regarding Protecting Student Athletes Economic Freedom Act; Comments submitted regarding eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, Pay As you Earn, and Income-Contingent Plans; Cancelled federal grants; Reject cut to the Office of Science in the Department of Energy and increasing funding; Opposition to provisions in the reconciliation package (risk-sharing, elimination of Grad PLUS loans, removal of in-school interest subsidy for undergraduates, caps on graduate student borrowing, limiting federal aid to the median cost of college, changes to Pell grant awards and eligibility, and expansion of the endowment tax).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
VANESSA JEAN HERMAN —
MAYA TEMPERLEY —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Science/Technology SCI

Cancelled federal grants; Reject cut to the Office of Science in the Department of Energy and increasing funding; In-Person meetings to discuss the importance of federal investment in NSF research on the 75th Anniversary of the founding of NSF (May 13, 2025).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
VANESSA JEAN HERMAN —
MAYA TEMPERLEY —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Reject cut to the Office of Science in the Department of Energy and increasing funding.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
VANESSA JEAN HERMAN —
MAYA TEMPERLEY —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Sports/Athletics SPO

Sign-on letter with NCAA regarding Protecting Student Athletes Economic Freedom Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
VANESSA JEAN HERMAN —
MAYA TEMPERLEY —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Reject cut to the Office of Science in the Department of Energy and increasing funding; Opposition to provisions in the reconciliation package (risk-sharing, elimination of Grad PLUS loans, removal of in-school interest subsidy for undergraduates, caps on graduate student borrowing, limiting federal aid to the median cost of college, changes to Pell grant awards and eligibility, and expansion of the endowment tax); In-Person meetings to discuss the importance of federal investment in NSF research on the 75th Anniversary of the founding of NSF (May 13, 2025); Support for Congressionally Directed Funding to remain in the FY25 CR and FY26 Budget.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
VANESSA JEAN HERMAN —
MAYA TEMPERLEY —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.