Issues lobbied + lobbyists
AGR — Agriculture
- General Issues related to research, innovation, and extension. - General Issues related to the Farm Bill Reauthorization; General issues related to nutrition, research, and extension.
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
IMM — Immigration
- General issues related to Student Visas, Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), and Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS)
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
SCI — Science/Technology
-General Issues related to regional innovation, engineering, AI, space, and quantum. - General Issues related to NASA, NSF, and USAF research and innovation. - S.3971, Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act; All provisions - Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) & Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Reauthorizations; general issues - General Issues related to facilities and administrative (F&A) cost reimbursements included in research grants.
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
BUD — Budget/Appropriations
- H.R. 7148, FY2026 Consolidated Defense, LHHSED, Nat. Sec.-State, THUD, FSGG Approps. Act; Division A, Title IV; Division B, Titles II & III; Division E Title VII; Division J - H.R. 6938, FY2026 Consolidated CJS, Energy & Water, Interior Appropriations Act; Division A, Title I & III; Division B, Title III; Division IV, Title III - H.R. 7006, FY2026 Consolidated FSGG-National Security Appropriations Act; Division A, Title V - H.R. xxxx, and S. xxx, the Agriculture Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2027; Title I provisions related to Smith Lever, the Hatch Act, McIntire-Stennis, and AFRI. Congressionally Directed Spending funding. - H.R. and S. , the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2027; Title I, provisions related to the National Sea Grant Program; Title III Science: National Science Foundation (NSF); and community project funding. Issues related to facilities and administrative (F&A) cost reimbursements included in research grants. - H.R. and S. , the Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2027; Title VI Army Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - Pathfinder program; Title VI Air Force Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - aerospace propulsion research; DoD-Wide - Casting and Foundary Research and Military Reconstructive Care and Congressional Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP). Issues related to facilities and administrative (F&A) cost reimbursements included in research grants. - H.R. 4553 and S. 3293, Energy and Water Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2027; Title III, Office of Science and Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E). - H.R. 4754 and S. 2431, Interior Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2027; Title I, United States Geological Survey (USGS)- Water Resources Research Institutes (WRRI); Title III: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) - H.R. 5304 and S. 2587, the Labor - Health and Human Services - Education Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2027; Title II National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Mental Health, Addiction and Resilience Research; Title III Department of Education (ED): Pell Grants, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG), Federal Work Study Program, International Education Programs. Issues related to facilities and administrative (F&A) cost reimbursements included in research grants. - H.R. 5166 and S. 3290, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act for FIscal Year 2027; Title II issues related to facilities and administrative (F&A) cost reimbursements included in research grants. - House/Senate Transportation Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2027; General issue related to transportation research and mobility.
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
EDU — Education
- General issues related to increased federal investment in STEM education at NSF and ED - IES. - General issues related to Reduction In Force and Interagency Agreements at the U.S. Department of Education & U.S. Department of Labor. - General issues related to non-continuation of federal grant funding for the following programs authorized under Title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended: National Resource Centers (84.015A); Foreign Language and Area Studies Program (84.015B); Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Programs (84.016A); International Research and Studies (84.017A); Centers for International Business Education (84.220A); Language Resource Centers (84.229A). -H.R. 4806/S. 2511 "The College Transparency Act" - Request for Information (RFI) - U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee on Improving Transparency in Higher Education; Response submitted to RFI by The Ohio State University - Draft legislation titled, Workforce Innovation for Next-Gen Growth in Skies Act of 2025 (WINGS Act of 2025)."; Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow certain aviation licensure and flight training costs to be included in a students cost of attendance (COA) for federal financial aid purposes. - General issues related to implementation of student aid provisions in H.R. 1, "the One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
MMM — Medicare/Medicaid
- General issues; Maintaining the 340B drug pricing program; all provisions. - General issues; Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) CY 2019; provisions related to cuts to hospital outpatient departments.
Government entities lobbied: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
SPO — Sports/Athletics
- General issues related to Name, Image, Likeness in collegiate athletics. - H.R. 4312, the Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements Act or the SCORE Act: All provisions.
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
HCR — Health Issues
General Issues related to Mental Health, Addiction and Resilience Research.
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE