THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

IMM · Immigration

- General issues related to Student Visas, Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), and Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS)

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.

BUD · Budget/Appropriations

-H.R. 5371, FY2026 Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Leg. Branch & Extensions Act; Divisions A,B, E, and F - H.R. 4121, and S. 2256, the Agriculture Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2026: Title I provisions related to the Hatch Act, McIntire-Stennis, and Research Facilities Act. - H.R. 5342 and S. 4795, the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2026: Title I, provisions related to the National Sea Grant Program; Title III Science: National Science Foundation (NSF); and community project funding. - H.R. 4016 and S. 2572, the Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2026: Title VI Army Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - Rapid Hypersonic High-Entropy Alloy Deployment (RHEAD); Title VI Air Force Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - USAF Hypersonic Research, Testing and Diagnostic Development; DoD-Wide - Military Reconstructive Care and Congressional Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP). - HH.R. 4553 and S. 3293, Energy and Water Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2026: Title III, Office of Science, Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), and hydrate drilling. - H.R. 4754 and S. 2431, Interior Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2026: 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 2026: 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; and Title IV Corp. for Public Broadcasting (CPB). - H.R. 5166 and S. 3290, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act for FIscal Year 2026: Title II issues related to facilities and administrative (F&A) cost reimbursements included in research grants. - House/Senate Transportation Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2026: General issue related to transportation research and mobility.

Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 5371, H.R. 4121, S. 2256, H.R. 5342, S. 4795, H.R. 4016, S. 2572, S. 3293, H.R. 4754, S. 2431, H.R. 5304, S. 2587, H.R. 5166, S. 3290

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."

Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 4806, S. 2511, H.R. 1

DEF · Defense

H.R. 3838/S.2296 The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026; Title II general issues related to research.

Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 3838, S.2296

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.

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.

Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 4312

HCR · Health Issues

General Issues related to Mental Health, Addiction and Resilience Research.

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. - General Issues related to facilities and administrative (F&A) cost reimbursements included in research grants.