CORNELL UNIVERSITY for CORNELL UNIVERSITY
What was lobbied
11 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Budget/Appropriations BUD
Met with Representatives, Senators, and legislative staff to lobby for funding of select research and education programs in the FY25 budget and appropriations cycle, including: Agriculture (HR 9027, S 4690): NIFA programs for capacity for research (Hatch, McIntyre-Stennis, Veterinary Services Grant, Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment, Animal Health & Disease Research) and extension (Smith-Lever, EFNEP) at land grant universities; competitive agriculture research programs (AFRI, SARE, Agriculture Genome-to-Phenome Initiative, Research Facilities); integrated activities (NAHLN, Crop Protection/Pest Management); Intermural research at ARS for Salaries and Expenses (Grape Genomics, Hemp) and Buildings and Facilities (National Grape Improvement Center + Greenhouses and Growth Chambers); ERS; APHIS Veterinary Diagnostics; FDA CFSAN; SCRI Matching Funds Commerce, Justice, Science (HR 9026): EDA Build to Scale, EDA Regional Technology & Innovation Hubs, NSF, NSF Facilities (CHEXS), NSF Cross-Cutting Activities (NNIN), NASA Science, NASA Aerospace, NASA Space Technology, NASA Early-Stage Innovation & Partnerships, NASA Education-Space Grant, NOAA-OAR, NOAA-Sea Grant and Aquaculture, NOAA-Regional Climate Centers, NIST, DOJ OJP National Institute of Justice Research & Evaluation Defense: (HR 8774): Defense Basic Research (category 6.1), DARPA, Defense Health Research (including Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program), AF-RDT&E-Applied Research Materials; Defense Wide RDT&E-Cybersecurity Research; Navy RDT&E Applied Research Environmental Protection Energy and Water (HE 8997): DoE Office of Science, ARPA-E, EERE Geothermal Technologies, Energy Programs: Clean Energy/Green Energy Plant Research Facility Interior (HR 8998): NEH, EPA Science & Technology, EPA Geographic Programs - Long Island Sound, USGS-WRRI, USGS-Cooperative Research Unit Labor-HHS-Education (HR 9029): Education Programs - Pell Grant, SEOG, FWS, TRIO, GAANN, Title VI International Education, FIPSE Higher Education Farmworker Law Curriculum Development; HHS Programs - Title VII Health Professions, CDC, CDC Vector Borne Disease Research, CDC Lyme Disease, CDC Centers for Public Health Preparedness & Response, NIH, AHRQ, ARPA-H State, Foreign Ops: (HR 8771) Educational & Cultural Exchange Programs (Fulbright), USAID Feed the Future Innovation Labs Transportation: (HR9028) University Transportation Research Centers
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| KRISTEN ADAMS | Professional Staff Member |
| ALESSIA DANIELE LEAL New | — |
| DIANNE L MILLER | Legislative Director & Counsel |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
Met with Representatives, Senators, and legislative staff to discuss tax-exempt university endowment issues. Met with Representatives, Senators, and legislative staff to express opposition to endowment tax provision proposed as an offset to Workforce Pell Act (HR 6585). Met with legislative staff to encourage support of the tax credits contained in the Upskilling & Retraining Assistance Act (HR 6401, S 3296) Encouraged Representatives, Senators, and legislative staff to repeal, offset, or otherwise not increase the excise tax on scholarships and other programs funded by university endowment investments (no bill number). Discouraged co-sponsorship of HR 4380, S 3465, S 4295, HR 7033.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| KRISTEN ADAMS | Professional Staff Member |
| ALESSIA DANIELE LEAL New | — |
| DIANNE L MILLER | Legislative Director & Counsel |
Agriculture AGR
Met with Representatives, Senators, and legislative staff to discuss proposals for research and extension initiatives in the Farm, Food & National Security Act (HR 8467) (No Senate bill number) Met with Representatives and legislative staff to discuss reauthorization and funding for urban agriculture research and extension programs as part of the Farm, Food & National Security Act (HR 8467) (No Senate bill number)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| DIANNE L MILLER | Legislative Director & Counsel |
Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED
Met with Representatives, Senators, and legislative staff to express support for biomedical research. Met with legislative staff to advocate for full funding for CDC Centers for Public Health Preparedness & Response in FY25. Encouraged Congress to fully fund the program. Urged legislative staff to extend the temporary telehealth flexibilities that were authorized under the COVID-19 emergency. Asked Representatives to consider legislation that makes changes to the regulation of laboratory testing (including the VALID Act) separately from the Medical Device User Fee Agreement (MDUFA) V legislative process. Briefed legislative staff on status of FDA proposal to regulate laboratory-developed tests and expressed concern with the proposal.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ALESSIA DANIELE LEAL New | — |
| DIANNE L MILLER | Legislative Director & Counsel |
Science/Technology SCI
Met with Representatives, Senators, and legislative staff to discuss issues in the implementation of and to encourage full funding for the CHIPS & Science Act (PL 117-167). Issues include authorizations for the NSF, DoE Office of Science, NIST, STEM education, graduate education and young investigator support, open access to research, technology transfer enhancement, provisions on research security, and disclosure of foreign gifts and contracts. Met with legislative staff to discuss and encourage support of Administration actions to implement National Security Presidential Memorandum-33 to improve and better coordinate research security; discouraged enactment of additional legislative mandates for research security in the annual defense authorization bill (HR 8070, S 4368). Met with legislative staff to express support for continuation of the fundamental research exclusion from legislative proposals to address export controls and research security. Met with legislative staff to discuss issues involved in reauthorization of NASA (HR 8958).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| KRISTEN ADAMS | Professional Staff Member |
| ALESSIA DANIELE LEAL | — |
| DIANNE L MILLER | Legislative Director & Counsel |
Immigration IMM
Met with Senators, Representatives, and legislative staff to express support for the President's executive action reinstating and improving the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and to encourage support of the legislation to provide legal status and protections for all undocumented students in the Dream and Promise Act. (S. 356) Met with legislative staff to express support for comprehensive immigration reform.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| KRISTEN ADAMS | Professional Staff Member |
| ALESSIA DANIELE LEAL New | — |
| DIANNE L MILLER | Legislative Director and Counsel |
Defense DEF
Met with legislative staff to discuss continued support for the DoD-sponsored research at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHEX-S) and within the FY25 National Defense Authorization Act and Defense Appropriations legislation. (HR 8070, S 4368, HR8774) Met with legislative staff to express support for the Defense Medical Research Program (HR 8774) Met with legislative staff to discuss funding for a semiconductor industry cybersecurity research program. (HR 8774) Met with legislative staff to discourage enactment of additional legislative mandates for research security in the annual defense authorization bill. (HR 8070, S 4368)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ALESSIA DANIELE LEAL New | — |
| DIANNE L MILLER | Legislative Director & Counsel |
Education EDU
Met with Representatives, Senators, and legislative staff to express continued support and increased funding for federal student aid programs, including Pell Grant, SEOG, Federal Work Study, TRIO, federal direct subsidized loan program. Encouraged lawmakers to restore funding for Work Study and SEOG campus-based aid programs. Met with legislative staff to discourage support for the endowment tax offset to the Workforce Pell Act (HR 6585). Met with legislative staff to encourage support for continued funding for Title VI International Education and Area Studies, and the Fulbright/Hayes programs. (HR 9029) Met with Representatives, Senators, and legislative staff to express support for TRIO programs that increase access to higher education for first generation and underserved minority students. (HR 9029) Met with legislative staff to express support for STEM education programs. Met with Representatives, Senators, and legislative staff to encourage continuation of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and other income-driven repayment programs that benefit Cornell graduates. Met with Representatives, Senators, and legislative staff to request support for graduate education and federal aid for graduate students. Met with legislative staff to discuss concerns with and explain the impact of proposed changes to foreign gift reporting and other provisions in HR 5933. Met with Representatives, Senators, and legislative staff to discuss and explain activities, programs, and initiatives that address antisemitism and Islamophobia and activities to promote free speech on campus.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| KRISTEN ADAMS | Professional Staff member |
| ALESSIA DANIELE LEAL New | — |
| DIANNE L MILLER | Legislative Director & Counsel |
Energy/Nuclear ENG
Met with Representatives and legislative staff to discuss support for the Department of Energy's Geothermal Technologies program as a platform for a demonstration project. Expressed support for full funding the DoE EERE Geothermal Technologies program as authorized in the Energy Act of 2020 in FY 25HR 8997)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| DIANNE L MILLER | Legislative Director and Counsel |
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO
Met with legislative staff to request increased funding for an FDA program to provide outreach and training for small farmers on compliance with the FSMA Produce Safety Rule in the FY25 Agriculture Appropriations bill. (HR9027, S 4690).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| DIANNE L MILLER | Legislative Director & Counsel |
Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT
Met with legislative staff to brief them on the potential negative impact on university technology transfer of intellectual property of NIST draft guidance on march-in rights. Encouraged potential legislative action to roll back this proposal if necessary.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| KRISTEN ADAMS | Professional Staff Member |
| ALESSIA DANIELE LEAL | — |
| DIANNE L MILLER | Legislative Director & Counsel |
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.