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Legislative Updates
- NACUBO Offers Debit Card Best Practices (December 14, 2012)
- Benefits of American Opportunity Tax Credit Set to Expire (November 29, 2012)
- Charitable Deduction Threatened Despite Widespread Public Favor (December 3, 2012)
- Five Questions About the Fiscal Cliff (November 16, 2012)
- White House Reports Sequester Cuts Will Be Blunt and Indiscriminate (September 19, 2012)
- NACUBO Members Take Concerns to Capitol Hill (September 19, 2012)
- CBO Warns of Potential Economic Downturn (August 24, 2012)
- Expired (and Expiring) Higher Education Tax Provisions Concern NACUBO (August 10, 2012)
- Congress Troubled by College Costs (July 30, 2012)
- Transportation Bill Includes Student Loan Interest Rate Fix (June 29, 2012)
- Senate Bill Would Increase Funding for NIH and Pell Grants (June 29, 2012)
- Banks and Servicers Asked for Campus Card Contracts, Terms (June 13, 2012)
- Senator Durbin Announces Plan to Examine Campus Debit Cards (June 1, 2012)
- Executive Order on Military Benefits under Scrutiny at Congressional Hearing (May 17, 2012)
- NACUBO Concerned With Myriad of Issues (May 17, 2012)
- Congressional Hearing Examines College and University Tax Compliance (May 17, 2012)
- Congress Considers Provision to Alter Pension Obligations (May 3, 2012)
- Congressional Hearings Examine Tax Extenders and Municipal Bond Provisions (May 3, 2012)
- NACUBO Leads Effort to Halt Implementation of VA Tuition Offset Policy (April 6, 2012)
- Legislation to Extend Tax-Free Employer-Provided Educational Assistance Introduced in the House (March 7, 2012)
- House of Representatives to Consider Credit Hour and State Authorization Regulations (February 23, 2012)
- Congress Extends Employee Payroll Tax Cut through End of Year (February 21, 2012)
- President Obama Releases FY13 Federal Budget Request (February 16, 2012)
- Obama Puts College Costs in the Limelight (January 30, 2012)
- Ten 2011 Federal Policy Actions Impacting the Business of Higher Education (January 3, 2012)
- Two-Month Extension for Temporary Payroll Tax Cut (December 28, 2011)
- Congress Modifies Pell Grant Program in Year-End Budget Action (December 19, 2011)
- Appropriators Make Research Investments but FY12 Pell Grant Funding Still Uncertain (November 21, 2011)
- 3 Percent Withholding Tax Repealed (November 21, 2011)
- Congress Takes Action on 3 Percent Withholding and Appropriations (November 3, 2011)
- House Takes Action to Repeal 3 Percent Withholding Requirement (October 20, 2011)
- Legislators attempt to protect Pell, but at an expense (October 6, 2011)
- Senate Protects Pell but Trims Loan Subsidy (September 26, 2011)
- NACUBO Weighs In on Capitol Hill (September 23, 2011)
- Obama Signs Legislation to Improve Patent System (September 23, 2011)
- Issues to Watch in Washington (September 8, 2011)
- Risks Are High When Congress Reconvenes (August 12, 2011)
- Agreement Struck, But Debt Deal Not Yet Done (August 1, 2011)
- August 2 Debt Ceiling Deadline Looms (July 15, 2011)
- House Committee Approves Repeal of State Authorization Requirement (June 20, 2011)
- U.S. Hits Debt Ceiling While Debt Reduction Talks Plod Along (May 17, 2011)
- ED Delays Enforcement of State Authorization Regulations (April 25, 2011)
- Congress to Tackle Debt Ceiling and Federal Budget After Spring Recess (April 20, 2011)
- NACUBO Summary of FY11 Budget Agreement (April 13, 2011)
- FY 2012 Budget Resolution Action Begins, Calls for Pell Cuts and Reform (April 6, 2011)
- Congressional Affairs Shutdown Still Looms, Congress Grapples with Sustaining Pell Grant Program (March 23, 2011)
- On Capitol Hill: FY11 Budget Debate Continues, Senate Passes Patent Reform Legislation (March 9, 2011)
- Student Aid Funding at a Crossroad (February 24, 2011)
- SEC Registration Proposal Raises Questions for Colleges and Universities (January 28, 2011)
- Congress Completes Action on Tax Bill, Turns to Budget Compromise (December 20, 2010)
- Employer-Provided Cell Phones Removed from Listed Property (September 23, 2010)
- Revised ADA Regulations Released (August 11, 2010)
- Spotlight Focuses on For-Profit Sector (July 1, 2010)
- Health Care Reform Update: Grandfathered Plan Guidance Issued (June 16, 2010)
- Rules Issued on Extending Health Care Coverage to Young Adults (May 24, 2010)
- House Passes Removal of Cell Phones From Listed Property (April 21, 2010)
- Health Care Reform Crosses the Finish Line (April 9, 2010)
- SAFRA Mandates Switch to Direct Lending (March 25, 2010)
- Education Included in Consolidated Appropriations Bill (December 21, 2009)
- Health Care Reform Complicates Student Loan Legislation (December 4, 2009)
- Health Care Reform Passes in House Moves to Senate (November 20, 2009)
- Senate Finance Committee Marks up Health Care Reform (September 28, 2009)
- Options to Pay for Healthcare Reform Include Limits on Student FICA Exception (June 4, 2009)
- Budget Agreement Increases Likelihood of Student Loan, Pell Grant Changes (May 8, 2009)
- Rules for Private Loans Proposed (March 26, 2009)
- Withholding Tables Released to Distribute New Tax Credit for Workers (March 26, 2009)
- Congress, Administration Agree on Economic Stimulus Bill (March 13, 2009)
- Taking a First Glimpse at Obama Administration (March 12, 2009)
- Final Rule Implementing E-Verify - Delayed (January 30, 2009)
- Pension Relief Passed by House and Senate (December 18, 2008)
- Tax Extenders Included in Financial Bailout; Cell Phones Not Addressed (October 9, 2008)
- Reporting Requirements Abound in HEOA (September 24, 2008)
- Senate Passes Tax Extenders, Path Unclear in House (September 24, 2008)
- Loan Provisions Permeate Higher Education Opportunity Act (September 10, 2008)
- New GI Bill Will Increase Funding for Veterans' Education (September 1, 2008)
- Revisions to Rules Governing Return of Funds Effective July 1 (July 7, 2008)
- Plans to Ensure Access to Federal Loans Set (July 7, 2008)
- Tax Extenders Stalled in Senate (June 11, 2008)
- House and Senate Pass Bill to Ease Credit Crunch (May 1, 2008)
- House-Senate Conference on Higher Education Begins (March 6, 2008)
- Legislation to Ease Tax Treatment of Employer-Provided Cell Phones (March 3, 2008)
- FASB Proposes Delay of FIN 48 for Nonpublic Entities (January 10, 2008)
- Record Fine Levied for Clery Act Violations (January 8, 2008)
- Final Appropriations Bill Released (January 7, 2008)
- Redesigned Form 990 Released by IRS (January 2, 2008)
- House Finalizing HEA Renewal and Update (December 13, 2007)
- HEA Reauthorization Moving in Congress (June 27, 2007)
- Senate Finance Leaders Call for More Scrutiny of Colleges and Hospitals (May 30, 2007)
- Senate Tax Writers Considering Limits on Tuition Remission, UBIT on Hedge Fund Investments (May 30, 2007)
- House Passes Student Loan Sunshine Act (May 15, 2007)
- Campus Tax-Free Tuition Benefits Saved (February 6, 2007)
- Congress Takes Early Actions on Student Loans, Ethics, and Earmarks (January 24, 2007)
- Congress Extends Tuition Deduction and R&D Credit Prior to Adjournment. (December 13, 2006)
- Senate Hearing Examines Education Tax Benefits (December 5, 2006)
- Witnesses Tell Congress Colleges Aren't Doing Enough to Stop Illegal File Sharing (October 4, 2006)
- Congress Extends HEA Before Leaving for Elections (October 4, 2006)
- Congress Passes Pension Legislation, Including Charitable Incentives, Reforms (August 8, 2006)
- Agreement Reached on Tax Cuts; Charitable Reforms Not Included (May 16, 2006)
- House Passes College Access and Opportunity Act (April 5, 2006)
- Higher Education Community Voices Concerns to Tax Conferees (March 16, 2006)
- Congress Passes Series of Bills Before Holidays (January 6, 2006)
