2023 Assessment Newsletter

UK Trade Tariff issues with NCDA UK visit – July 2022 Inflation Reduction Act – Legislation impact on Agriculture – July/August 2022 Rep. Greg Murphy trade related discussions for House Ways & Means Committee Trade hearings – July 2022 DC Political visits with NC Ag related issues – July 2022 (Don Davis, Bo Hines, Wiley Nickel, Ted Budd) Congressional Reconciliation Act on proposed Agriculture cuts with Inflation Reduction Act July/August 2022 Agriculture Workforce Coalition Letter on H2A related issues – August 2022 House/Senate Ag. Committee virtual and in person Farm Bill listening sessions – July-August 2022 Rep. Greg Murphy/staff – Ways & Means hearing on trade issues - September 2022 FY 2023 Congressional Budget timeline and details – September 2022 Natural Gas price increases impact – Meetings with NC Member of Congress delegation that included Jenkins Hill Consulting Federal Lobbying Activities July 2022- June 2023 Rep. Butterfield, Rouzer, Murphy, Hudson and Senators Burr and Tillis 2022 Elections outcome and planning for new Congress – November 2022 EPA Pesticides letter to Ag Workforce Coalition – November 2022 Planning for Board visits to Capitol Hill -February 2023 – November 2022 Congressional End of Year Omnibus/Budget Legislation – November/December 2022 Planning for National Sweetpotato Convention Mtg – Rep. Rouzer -December 2022 Agriculture Summary of EOY Omnibus legislation – December 2022 USDA ARS funding in EOY Omnibus – Rep. Rouzer -December 2022 NCSPC Annual Meeting in Goldsboro – NC Member of Congress staff invites – January 2023 National Sweetpotato Meeting in Wilmington – Rep. Rouzer details – January 2023 Welcome letters for National Convention (Tillis, Budd, Rouzer) – January 2023 USDA ARS Funding with Dr. Qureshi discussions – Hill staff – January 2023 Set up meetings for February 2023 Hill visits with NC Member of Congress delegation -January/February 2023 Waters USA Executive Order from EPA – February 2023 – Meetings w/ NC delegation February 2023 Bonus Buyback effort with letter to USDA Sec. Vilsack – February 2023 House Ag Committee staff delegation trip to UK – one pager on impact MRL issues/import issues w/ Rep. Rouzer staff – February 2023 NCSPC Board of Directors Hill Meetings – February/March 2023 House/Senate Farm Bill Committee/listening sessions -March/April 2023 Rep. Rouzer Ag Appropriations request for FY ’24 -USDA ARS – March 2023 Dept of Labor Executive order on prevailing wage rate increase – Meet with NC Members of Congress offices on impact of this issue -March 2023 Senator Tillis Draft Letter on USDA ARS funding to USDA March 2023 Senator Tillis/Ossoff AEWR freeze legislation – March 2023

Farm Bill listening sessions – House – Rep. Rouzer/ Davis/ Murphy/Nickel April 2023 Discussions with Blake Brown on UK- bi-lateral trade agreement with US-April 2023 Farm Bill listening session – Senate – Sen. Tillis/Boozman – May 2023 Waters USA Congressional Review Act (CRA) – House/ Senate – April 2023 Staff Congressional Ag Tour outreach – May 2023 Department of Labor AEWR CRA – Sen. Budd/ Scott – Senate – May 2023 Met w/ NC Delegation on priorities for House Farm Bill – May/June 2023

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