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Public Policy Log \u2013 119th Congress, 2nd Session (2026)<\/h2>\n

The following is the chronological log of public policy communications made by or on behalf of IEEE-USA (and other organizational units with IEEE) during the 119th Congress, 2nd Session (2026), including testimonies, statements submitted for the record of congressional hearings, formal comments provided in response to public or regulatory notices, letters to Federal policy makers forwarding recommendations on public policy issues, and Legislative Alerts and similar notices of related government relations activities.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Date<\/th>\nDescription<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
17 February 2026<\/td>\nEnergy Sciences Coalition (ESC) letter<\/a> thanking Congress for continuing its strong, bipartisan support of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, and urging Congress to appropriate $9.5 billion in FY 2027 for DOE Office of Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12 February 2026<\/td>\nIEEE-USA response to the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Request for Information<\/a> on Workforce Training and Innovation, with a focus on the energy and power sector.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10 February 2026<\/td>\nEnergy Sciences Coalition (ESC) letter<\/a> urging Congress to pass as soon as possible a National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28 January 2026<\/td>\nEnergy Sciences Coalition (ESC) letter<\/a> thanking Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development leadership for final FY 2026 appropriations for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science in the Energy and Water Appropriations bill (H.R. 6938).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28 January 2026<\/td>\nEnergy Sciences Coalition (ESC) letter<\/a> thanking House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development leadership for final FY 2026 appropriations for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science in the Energy and Water Appropriations bill (H.R. 6938).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20 January 2026<\/td>\nIEEE-USA response<\/a> to National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Request for Information on the new Tech Labs program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Staff Contact<\/h3>\n

Erik Heilman<\/strong>
\nDirector, IEEE-USA Government Relations<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":809,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-879","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nCurrent Policy Log - IEEE-USA | Building Careers & Shaping Public Policy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The following is the chronological log of public policy communications made by or on behalf of IEEE-USA (and other organizational units with IEEE).\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/public-policy\/log\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Current Policy Log | IEEE-USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The following is the chronological log of public policy communications made by or on behalf of IEEE-USA (and other organizational units with IEEE).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/public-policy\/log\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IEEE-USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ieeeusa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T19:05:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ieee-usa-with-flag.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ieeeusa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/public-policy\/log\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ieeeusa.org\/public-policy\/log\/\",\"name\":\"Current Policy Log - 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