UNIVERSITY OF IOWA for UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

Utilities UTI

Utilities deregulation as it relates to universities Incentives for green utilities Tax extenders

Contacted: SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Agriculture AGR

Biotechnology issues

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear) WAS

Peer reviewed research as it relates to reduction and handling of wastes; EPA proposed rules - college & university waste lab disposal Superfund funding as it relates to research

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Accounting ACC

None

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Telecommunications TEC

Modernize Our Bookkeeping in the Law for Employee's Cell Phone Act

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Banking BAN

Implementation of the Higher Education Act as it relates to direct student loan - ability to consolidate loans and loan interest rates Federal Family Education Loan and Direct Loan programs

Contacted: SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Bayh-Dole integrity issues S-493 Small business innovation research Department of Commerce export control Funding for science and techology issues and workforce across agencies Flood relief, community development block grants

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Energy Sustainability and Efficiency Grants and Loans for Institutions as authorized in EISA Energy and Water Appropriations, funding for DOE

Contacted: SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Animals ANI

Animal Care Legislation as relates to research

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Defense DEF

DOD export controls FY 2013 Appropriations Army Corps of Engineers Coralville Reservoir outflow FY 2011 Appropriations FY 2012 Appropriations

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY2011 Appropriations (H.R. 3288) FY 2011 Supplemental Appropriations FY 2012 Appropriations FY 2013 Appropriations NIOSH Education and Research Centers for Occupational Health and Safety Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) FEMA funding for flood recovery Disaster relief funding Funding for the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine FY 2011 appropriations for the National Endowment for the Humanities Funding for arts education Funding for Energy Sustainability and Efficiency Grants and Loans for Institutions as authorized in the Energy Security and Independence Act (EISA) Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment (DMIE) Funding for NSF and DOE Commerce, Justice, State appropriations SBIR/STTR (S. 493) Pell grants, student aid FY 2011 Defense Appropriations (H.R. 3226) Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act Corporation for National and Community Service, Nonprofit Capacity Building Program Nursing Workforce Development Programs (Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act) HJ Res 48 HR 2017 Homeland Security Appropriations

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: S. 493 (112th), H.J.Res. 48 (112th), H.R. 2017 (112th), H.R. 3288 (112th), H.R. 3226 (112th)

Homeland Security HOM

FEMA funding for flood recovery

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Retirement RET

Retirement issues related to universities' pension plans IRA issues related to philanthropic giving

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Pharmacy PHA

Increased appropriations for systems to shorten the time between development of a drug and its release to the public FDA reform as it relates to drug development and research FDA User Fee Bill Collaborative research on drug development anti-malarial pharmaceuticals FY 2011 Agricultural Appropriations human factors research related to neuropharmaceuticals

Contacted: SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

FY 2011 Appropriations Residency Caps FY 2012 Appropriations Minority Improvement Medical Affordability Act False Claims Correction Act Research Misconduct Clinical Trials NIOSH Education and Research Centers for Occupational Health and Safety Pathways for Biosimilars Act Prevention Research Centers Resident Physician Shortage Health Care Reform FY 2013 Appropriations

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Government Issues GOV

Indirect costs issues

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Immigration IMM

Caps of visas F, J, and non-immigrants - student exchanges Employment verification

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE

Roads/Highway ROD

DOT appropriations overall and appropriations from NHTSA Road usage fees and related research issues Iowa Road Use Study Driver Distraction Study

Contacted: SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Transportation TRA

DOT appropriations overall - especially NHTSA Road user fees and related research issues Reauthorization of Amtrak Iowa Road Use Study Driver Distraction Study

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Charitable giving as it relates to universities and their foundations; (see addendum page) Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Nonprofit Capacity Building, Serve America Act FICA issues employees/students; graduate student tax issues; IRA rollover; tax issues as they relate to research facilities and bonding; R&D Tax credit Tax incentives as it relates to higher education - UBIT - exemptions for higher education related expenses for students Comprehensive tax package Tax extenders

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

America Invents Act of 2011 (H.R. 1249) Orphan works NIH Public Access The role of gene patents in research and genetic testing Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health and Society (SACGHS) Draft Report on Gene Patents and Licensing Practices

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: H.R. 1249 (112th)

Foreign Relations FOR

Cultural diplomacy programs (see addendum page) Export controls Foreign Operations appropriations as it relates to peer reviewed projects International students & scholars - barriers to enter US Cultural exchanges - promotions Information technology resources in developing world FY 2011 Appropriations FY 2012 Appropriations FY 2013 Appropriations

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Health Issues HCR

Labor HHS FY 2011 appropriations Area Health Education Centers Nursing Education Loan Forgiveness Program funding for basic research at NIMH Role of gene patents in research and genetic testing Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development (NEED) Act conflicts of interest in research CDC funding for Injury Control Research Centers Biomonitoring for disease prevention and intervention Funding for state hygienic laboratories Funding for Birth Defects Surveillance Centers Graduate Medical Education National Network of State Health Surveys Lab Security (Biological Laboratory Security Briefing) Statewide Local Health Surveys NIOSH Worklife Center Program NIOSH Education and Research Centers Prevention Research Centers FY 2012 Appropriations High Value Healthcare Collaborative Labor HHS FY 2013

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare reimbursement Iowa hospitals; CMS interagency transfers; IME issues; Medicaid reimbursement issues; DHS; GME (dental and others); Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues as related to academic teaching hospitals; CMS rules as they relate to physician and hospital payments, 340 B Drug Pricing Program Federal Medical Assistance Percentages

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Environment/Superfund ENV

Peer review research funding as it relates to the environment - spans agencies/NIST NIEHS funding as it relates to superfund research

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Sports/Athletics SPO

Tax issues as it relates to non-profits - athletic programs

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)

Education EDU

Science and Math Issues FY 2013 Appropriations Campus Safety Act FY 2011 Appropriations FY 2012 Appropriations Science and Math priorities Increased Pell Grants - student aid Perkins Loans; FERPA; Javits; GAAN Accreditation issues; Commission on Higher Education Upward Bound; College Cost Reduction HEA Reauthorization; Title VI programs Equal access to higher education for persons with disabilities Title VII Area Health Education Centers Student financial aid system Student Veterans Association FICA witholding for graduate students Serve America Act Title II, Higher Education Act Title II, No Child Left Behind

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Science/Technology SCI

FY 2012 Appropriations FY 2011 Appropriations Funding for scientific research/science agencies FY 2011 CJS appropriations National Competitiveness Act Scientific Communications Act Sowing the Seeds thru Science & Engr Competivenss Science/Math Interagency Coordination - High Performance Computing NSF Reauthorization; ACI; STEM Research funding for TB/HIV Research Public access and research published in scholarly journals America Competes Act Commercialization of University-based research FY 2013 Appropriations

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); State, Dept of (DOS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Media (information/publishing) MIA

Distance Learning NIH Public Access Policy Copyright issues as they relate to universities/libraries Federal Research Public Access Act of 2009 Access to research publications - dissemination

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Defense, Dept of (DOD)