H.R. 4312, the SCORE Act -Provisions to establish health and academic protections and national regulations governing NIL activities
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
National Quantum Initiative Act -entire bill General protection of negotiated Facilities and Administrative (F&A) rates on federal grants and contracts
Advocacy surrounding appropriations for FY27 including: -Funding for projects 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 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 House and Senate Defense Appropriations Act for FY 2027 -Funding for DOD S&T programs House and Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Act for FY 2027 -Funding for DOE Office of Science and ARPA-E 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 -Advocacy surrounding consolidated appropriations for FY26, including H.R. 7148 and H.R. 6938 (details below) 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
H.R. 1048, the DETERRENT Act -Entire bill