The proposed legislation would also fund the government through Dec. 11, averting a shutdown for now.
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A controversial rule that would give the Trump administration more control over grants won’t take effect until mid-December—at least—under a Senate plan to temporarily fund the government.
The Senate plan, released Sunday, would prevent the government from shutting down after Sept. 30 when the fiscal year ends. Higher education research advocates praised the delay in the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) proposed changes to the federal grant rules. Thousands of critics in and outside higher ed opposed the rule in public comments, saying it could undercut research and all the societal benefits that flow from it.
“Across the country, individuals and groups representing medical research, agriculture, law enforcement, transportation, housing, and others have sounded the alarm on this proposed rule’s destructive impact on key priorities of the American people,” Russ Paulsen, president and CEO of Research!America said in a news release shortly after the continuing resolution (CR) was released. “Congress now needs to pass this version of the CR. It would not only keep the government open, but it would safeguard scientific progress.”
