RICE UNIVERSITY

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Support for inclusion of Section 137502, Modification of the Excise Tax on Investment Income of Private Colleges and Universities, in HR 5376, the Build Back Better Act (Reconciliation Bill).

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Budget/Appropriations

Increase authorizations and funding for basic scientific research across all federal agencies. Defense Appropriations, support for a programmatic increase in Army RDTE, Line 2, Defense Research Sciences, for Diamond Electronic Materials and Device Research. Defense Appropriations, support for a programmatic increase in Army RDTE Line 55, Ground Advanced Technology, for Flash Graphene for Asphalt.

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Science/Technology

Support for S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other purposes. In S. 1260: Section 3138, regarding CFIUS review of certain foreign gifts and contracts with institutions of higher education; Section 6124, new requirements in Section 124 of the Higher Education Act (HEA) on institutional policy regarding foreign gifts and contracts to faculty and staff. Requests for congressional letters of support on behalf of Rices OpenStax initiative, in pursuit of NSF funding opportunity (NSF Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-2 program).