UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

BUD · Budget/Appropriations

Advocacy surrounding appropriations for FY27 including: -Funding for projects and plus-ups of special significance to the university including: Equipment for Chips Design at the UMD Nanocenter, UMD Project INSIGHT: Intelligence-led Safety & Geographic Hotspot Targeting, UMD Computational Support For The Chesapeake Bay Area Monitoring and Prediction System, UMD AI Readiness in Education (AIRE) Hub, UMD Improving Marylands Cyber Security Civil Defense, UMD Modernizing Facilities to Accelerate Innovation and Workforce Development in Agriculture, UMD Quantum Device Innovation Center, UMD Advancing Biotechnology Measurement Infrastructure for Marylands Biomanufacturing Ecosystem, UMD The University of Maryland Innovation Hub in GeoAI for Violence Reduction, UMD RecWell Pavilion Project, UMD Institute for Data-Enabled Agricultural Systems (IDEAS), UMD AI Augmented Metal, Manufacturing Factory Hub, UMD Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel Modernization, UMD UAS Swarm Control for National Security. House and Senate Agriculture, Rural Development, and FDA Appropriations Act, FY 2027 -Funding for agricultural research and extension House and Senate Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Act, FY 2027 -Funding for NSF, NIST, NOAA, and NASA -Language maintaining current negotiated Facilities & Administrative (F&A) rates on federal awards House and Senate Defense Appropriations Act for FY 2027 -Funding for DOD S&T programs -Language maintaining current negotiated F&A rates on federal awards House and Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Act for FY 2027 -Funding for DOE Office of Science and ARPA-E -Language maintaining current negotiated F&A rates on federal awards House and Senate Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Act for FY 2027 -Funding for NEH and NEA House and Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act for FY 2027 -Funding for Pell Grants, SEOG, TRIO, Federal Work Study, and NIH -Language blocking OMB's proposed rule to change the Uniform Guidance on federal awards -Language maintaining current negotiated F&A rates on federal awards House and Senate Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act for FY 2027 -Language maintaining current negotiated F&A rates on federal awards and implementation of the Financial Accountability in Research (FAIR) model

EDU · Education

H.R. 1048/S. 1296, the DETERRENT Act: Provisions on individual reporting of gifts and contracts and provisions on contracts with entities of concern S.4039, the Professional Degree Access Restoration Act -Entire bill

Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 1048, S. 1296, S.4039

SCI · Science/Technology

H.R. 8462/S. 3597, the National Quantum Initiative Act -Provisions related to research infrastructure, quantum institutes, individual investigator awards, and workforce development

Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 8462, S. 3597

DEF · Defense

H.R. 8800/S. 4784, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2027 -Provisions relating to university research and research security

Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 8800, S. 4784

SPO · Sports/Athletics

H.R. 4312, the SCORE Act -Provisions relating to student athlete health and academic protections, agent regulations, eligibility, transfer, and recruitment rules, state law pre-emption, limited liability protections. S. 4668, the Protect College Sports Act -Provisions relating to student athlete health and academic protections, agent regulations, eligibility, transfer, and recruitment rules, state law pre-emption, limited liability protections, conference membership and realignment

Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 4312, S. 4668