• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS Wayne State Center for Healthy Urban Waters Research, Education and Training Appropriations: DoE, DoD, Labor, HHS, Education, HRSA, NIST, Commerce, HUD Summary: Funds will be used to expand the research and training platform on site at the water works plant at 10100 E Jefferson, Detroit, MI 48214 as the Wayne State Center for Healthy Urban Waters Research, Education and Training Funds will be used to provide the most advanced instrumentation and enabling technologies for research and training programs at the Wayne State Center and for workforce development involving specialized degrees in the water management and urban environmental sciences through Wayne State University. Wayne State University 21st Century Workforce Development Initiative for Women Appropriations: DoE, Labor, Education, Commerce, HUD Summary: This initiative builds, invests in, and fosters an ecosystem that supports women active engagement and integration in the workforce, minimize work displacement and occupational segregation, and provides flexible and accessible educational programs and pathways with clear career trajectories and opportunities for re-skilling and upskilling. The Office of Womens Health at Wayne State University Appropriations Bill: Labor, HHS and Education - $120,000 Health and Human Services/Office of the Secretary/Office of Womens Health Summary: Wayne State University established a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, academically, research and treatment based Office of Womens Health (OWH) addressing the health disparities to underserved communities in 2019. This funding seeks to expand upon that research and treatment. Sample draft language: Of the funds appropriated, $3 million is provided to support the establishment of a multidisciplinary university-based Office of Womens Health pilot to address the comprehensive health disparities and improve patient outcomes relevant to underserved communities through the coordination of efforts with public and private stakeholders. National Police De-escalation Training Center Appropriations Bill: Homeland Security/Commerce, Justice, Science - COPS programs or Byrne Grants Summary: Wayne State University has provided training to police officers for de-escalation of force since 2019, and has trained our entire police force, which patrols a third of the city of Detroit, as well as officers in the state of Michigan. This funding will expand and broaden the reach of our National De-Escalation Training Center. Rare Earths from U.S. Extractions (REUSE) Appropriation Bill: Defense Army RDT&E Program Element: 0603119A Budget Line 52: Ground Advance Technology Rare Earth Elements are critical to advanced military and consumer technology and electronics. Domestic production of these critical elements has decreased over the past 40 years such that China is now the primary global supplier, producing approximately 90% of the worlds supply of Rare Earth Elements. Identification, characterization, and recovery of domestic Rare Earth Resources is critical to maintaining national security and technological advantages. Identifying, developing, and recovering domestic Rare Earth Element resources supports the US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center-managed work focusing on the development of innovative technologies for military applications and detection of compounds of interest in the environment. Program activities include developing new methods for a range of resource compounds, rapid field sensors, and ultrasensitive laboratory methods. Rare Earth Elements are a critical component in advanced military technology, and therefore securing stable sources of these materials are of utmost importance. PROGRAMMATIC REQUESTS Regional Poison Control Center Appropriations Bill: Labor/HHS/Education/HHS/Health Resources Services Administration/Health Care Systems - $7.3 Million Summary: The Michigan Regional Poison Control Center (PCC), located at Wayne State University, receives about 64,000 calls annually and is open 24/7/365 days per year. Sample draft language: Poison Control Centers: The Committee supports the funding of Poison Control Centers at $ of $27.846 million for the Poison Control Program in the Fiscal Year 2023 Labor-HHS Subcommittee Appropriations bill. 30 million. This program funds poison centers, a national toll-free number (800-222-1222) and informs health care providers about poison prevention and poison center services. The Michigan Regional PCCs interventions have enabled over 71% of the unintentional exposure calls (among children under the age of 19) to be handle in the home so that children did not have to use an emergency department or need a 911 call and response. This has become even more dire during the various lock-downs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. For those children whose exposure necessitated hospital evaluation and treatment, the Michigan PCCs interventions contributed substantially to reducing resource utilization and decreasing length of stay at hospitals with significant cost savings to the city, counties and state of Michigan. Perinatology Research Branch at Wayne State University Appropriations Bill: Labor/HHS/Education/HHS/Health Resources Services Administration/Health Care Systems - $16.3 Million Summary: Provide full funding for the Perinatology Research Branch (PRB) at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Disorders (NICHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The PRB at Wayne State University is the only branch of NIH located outside of Bethesda, MD. Sample draft language: The Committee recognized that in recent years, preterm birth affected about 1 out of every 10 infants born in the United States. For Black women and other ethnic minorities, this rate is often three times higher. The Committee applauds the work of the Perinatology Research Branch at Wayne State University and supports the full funding for the continued research and training of perinatal and maternal fetal medicine specialists and prenatal research. The PRBs mission is to conduct clinical and basic research in perinatology and related disciplines with the goal of developing novel diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive strategies to reduce adverse pregnancy outcomes, infant mortality and disabilities. The PRB also provides research training for physicians, scientists and other health care professionals whose aim is to improve the health care of mothers and their children. The PRB has assisted more than 25,000 at-risk mothers, many of whom are Black/POC and/or low-income. Rare Earth Demonstration Facility at Wayne State University Authorization: Public Law 117-58, Section 40205, $140M until expended. Summary: Since September 20, 2021, Wayne State University and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have been performing research at Wayne State University for rare earth extractions. Wayne State University is the only university that has an active and working relationship with the US military in this area of dire need. Through this research, Wayne State University has been able to clean up coal-ash spills in the Detroit River and many brown fields in Detroit, emerging with these rare elements used in satellites, flat-screen TVs and other military/commercial applications. This cleans the water and the soil. Rare Earth Elements are critical to advanced military and consumer technology and electronics. Domestic production of these critical elements has decreased over the past 40 years such that China is now the primary global supplier, producing approximately 90% of the worlds supply of Rare Earth Elements. The Bi-Partisan Infrastructure bill provides $140 million for a pilot program for the research/manufacture of rare earth element facility. Wayne State University has collaborated with the US Army Corps of Engineers and other Michigan-based commercial partners to that end. Sample Draft Language: The Secretary of Energy shall fund, through an agreement with an academic partner that is currently performing research with a branch of the US military on rare earth element extraction and separation, the design, construction, and build-out of a facility to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of a full-scale integrated rare earth element extraction and separation facility and refinery.
• Double the Pell Grant and increase funding for Pell as proposed by President Joe Biden in his FY23 budget.
• H.R. 959, Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021; working to seek more co-sponsors in the House among members of the Michigan delegation and to broaden funding for campus based, comprehensive solutions for life-time research, treatment and solutions toward addressing health care disparities for Black women. H.R. 7585 Health Equity and Accountability Act: legislation addressing health care disparities between ethnic minorities and others in the United States. Bi-Partisan Infrastructure and Build Back Better Plan provisions for health care and scientific research.
• No agencies lobbied in this issue area.

Duration: August 1, 2008 to July 6, 2022

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Education, Health Issues, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Immigration, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Homeland Security, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Economics/Economic Development, Environmental/Superfund, Government Issues, Science/Technology, Transportation

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It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Education - Dept of, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), White House Office, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Natl Science Foundation (NSF),, Energy - Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Senate,