PRINCETON UNIVERSITY for PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

The Higher Education Endowment Reform Act (Support: Reform the net investment income tax to provide credit for significant financial aid to low-income students); (All) Oppose efforts to increase net investment income tax H.R. 5109, S. 2750, "The Dump Investments in Troublesome Communist Holdings Act "(DITCH Act)" (All) S. 3465S, WEST (Woke Endowment Security Tax Act (oppose all) S. _____, The College Endowment Accountability Act (oppose all)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 5109 (118th), S. 2750 (118th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Funding for: H.R. 4394, S. 2443, Energy and Water Appropriations Act 2024, Title III, Department of Energy, Science (Funding for Office of Science, including Office of Fusion Energy Science, DOE microelectronic centers, Quantum Information Centers; Energy Research Centers; Basic Energy Sciences);Biological and Environmental Research; oppose language to prohibit DEI activities. Science Laboratory Infrastructure; ARPA-E H.R. 4365, S. 2587, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024, Title IV, Research Development Test and Evaluation (DoD basic research, 6.1; DoD Science and Technology; Minerva Program; DARPA) H.R. 5893, S. 2321, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, 2024, (Title III, Funding for NSF and NASA Science Mission Directorate, including the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope; Title I Department of Commerce NOAA, Office of Ocean and Atmospheric Research) Section 552, H.R. 5893 (Oppose block on OSTP guidance on public access to research) H.R. 4821, S. 2605, Department of Interior, EPA and Related Agencies, 2024, Related Agencies, (National Endowment for Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts) Oppose Perry Amendments #60, #61 to defund NEH and NEA H.R. 5894, S. 2624, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, (Title II, HHS, NIH Funding; Title III Department of Education, Pell Grants, Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants; International Education; TRIO Programs, GANN: Institute of Education Science); Lawler Amendment #114 (prohibit funding for any institution that authorizes, facilitates, funds or otherwise supports events deemed to promote antisemitism; issues relating to definition); oppose Roy Amendment #184 (prevent any institution subject to endowment tax from receiving funds under Labor - HHS bill) Support full funding and supplemental funding for FY 24 for Science portion of CHIPS and Science Act, (NSF and DOE Office of Science NIST, NASA and Department of Commerce) Pub. L117 167; Funding for FY 25 (Department of Energy Office of Science, NSF)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); White House Office; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 4821 (118th), S. 2321 (118th), H.R. 5893 (118th), H.R. 5894 (118th), S. 2624 (118th), S. 2587 (118th), H.R. 4365 (118th), S. 2443 (118th), H.R. 4394 (118th), S. 2605 (118th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Discussions regarding funding for Fusion Energy Sciences and the importance of fusion energy research; Activities at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and benefits of fusion energy and work on research for semiconductor tools; pathway forward for fusion energy research

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Immigration IMM

S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 (All);

Bills named: S. 365 (118th)

Defense DEF

S. 2221, H.R. 2670 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 Title II "Research, Development, Test and Education" (Support for 6.1 basic research, DARPA, DOD Science and Technology; oppose duplicate unnecessary restrictions on research and researchers): H.R. 2670: Section 214 (Certain Disclosure Requirements for disclosure of intrinsic personal information for University Research"); Sec. 229 (Limitation on Availability of Funds for Certain Collaborations;) Sec. 1307, Sec. 1308 (Modifications to Initiative to Support Protection of National Academic Researchers,); Sec. 809 ("Cost Sharing") (oppose 25% cost sharing for fundamental research); S.2226, Sec. 1085 (Protection for Covered Sectors) (advocate for consistency with Executive Order and Treasury Rule)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 2226 (118th), S. 2221 (118th), H.R. 2670 (118th)

Education EDU

Discussions regarding Princeton's Financial Aid and Transfer Programs H.R.5933 Defending Education Transparency and Ending Rogue Regimes Engaging in Nefarious Transactions; Sect 2(a) Disclosures of gifts oppose changes to disclosures of foreign gifts provisions; section 2 (b) Prohibition on contracts with certain Foreign Governments (oppose); Section 4 relating to public disclosure of investments H.R.6585, The Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act Sect. 7 Agreements with Applicable Educational Institutions (oppose prohibition on award of Federal student loans to students at institutions subject to endowment net investment income tax)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office; Education, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 5933 (118th), H.R. 6585 (118th)

Science/Technology SCI

H.R. 6213, The National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act Sect. 15 Sect. 15, Quantum Reskilling, Education, and Workforce Coordination Hub, (or coordination with DOE centers); Sect. 16, Department of Energy Quantum Information Science Research Program (support increased funding). Draft NASA Reauthorization (Science Mission Directorate, Astrophysics, Heliophysics, Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope); Potential Legislation on CFIUS Process for University Funding; S. 2714, H.R. 5077 - Create AI Act (Support for authorization of National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource) (All)

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 6213 (118th), H.R. 5077 (118th), S. 2714 (118th)