UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

BUD · Budget/Appropriations

One Big Beautiful Bill Act -Provisions related to student financial aid, higher education accountability, SNAP-Ed, and funding for the DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative House and Senate Agriculture, Rural Development, and FDA Appropriations Act for FY 2026 -Funding for agricultural research and extension -Funding for university initiatives including the Institute for Data-Enabled Agricultural Systems House and Senate Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Act for FY 2026 -Funding for NSF, NIST, NOAA, and NASA -Funding for university initiatives including the Violence Reduction Research Initiative, the AI-Based Predictive Policing project, weather observation instrumentation for ESSIC, the AI Solutions for Small Businesses project, and data infrastructure for the SAFE Center House and Senate Defense Appropriations Act for FY 2026 -Funding for DOD S&T programs -Funding for university initiatives including the Joint Research Lab, the Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel, instrumentation for additive manufacturing research, and instrumentation for advanced materials for hypersonic systems House and Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Act for FY 2026 -Funding for DOE Office of Science and ARPA-E House and Senate Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Act for FY 2026 -Funding for NEH, NEA, and the USGS Cooperative Research Unit program -Funding for university initiatives like a new USGS Cooperative Research Unit in the Chesapeake Bay region House and Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act for FY 2026 -Funding for Pell Grants, SEOG, TRIO, Federal Work Study, and NIH -Funding for university initiatives including neuroimaging research instrumentation for the UMD College of Education House and Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development for FY 2026 -Funding for university initiatives including the Flood Resilient Transit Development project

EDU · Education

H.R. 1048, the DETERRENT Act -Entire bill

Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 1048

SCI · Science/Technology

National Quantum Initiative Act -entire bill General protection of negotiated Facilities and Administrative (F&A) rates on federal grants and contracts

DEF · Defense

House and Senate National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2026 -Provisions related to defense research and streamlined research security requirements the FORGED Act -Modifications to Section 319 that affect University Affiliated Research Centers