THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SYSTEM lobbying for THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SYSTEM

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2026

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 20, 2026

Expenses

$115,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

North Carolina

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 1

ELIZABETH MORRA

Previously held: Elizabeth Morra, VP Federal Relations, UNC System

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 9

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Education, Dept of
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Interior, Dept of (DOI)
Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA)
SENATE
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 2

HR 1
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
HR 1048
DETERRENT Act

Lobbying activity 12

Budget/Appropriations

H.R.1 -OBBBA, Provisions/funding impacting higher ed Dept of ED, FY 26 and FY27 Strengthening Institutions Programs (SIP) for Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions (NASNTIs) FY27 LHHS-Education: Funding for Pell Grants, SEOG, Federal Work Study, TRIO, Gear UP, NIH, HHS, MSIs - including HBCU and NASNTI, Teacher Quality Partnership Grants, Postsecondary Student Success Grants, GAANN, funding for public television, FIPSE, and TRIO. FY 27 Commerce, Justice, Science: Funding for NSF, NASA, NOAA, NIST FY 27 Agriculture Appropriations: Funding for NIFA programs, USDA programs FY 27 DoD Appropriations: Funding for S&T, S&T Basic Research, DARPA, Army RTD&E - Pathfinder Airborne, iCOMMAND, and ATLAS FY 26 Energy & Water Appropriations: Funding for DOE, ARPA-E FY 26 Interior Appropriations: NEH funding FY 26 Transportation-HUD appropriations: CDF/EDI account FIPSE community project funding Transportation-HUD (CDF/EDI) community project funding Rural Health Transformation Grants

Education

HR.1 - OBBBA, Provisions impacting higher education - GRAD Plus loans, IDR plans, Affordability provisions, Workforce Pell, Subsidized/Unsubsidized student loans Two Dept of ED Negotiated Rulemakings: RISE and AHEAD sessions New F&A (indirect costs) model for federal research Deterrent Act (HR 1048) Various program terminations: Teacher Quality Partnerships, TRIO, GEAR UP, SEOG

Agriculture

USDA program terminations/stop work orders Farm Bill

Defense

DoD research accounts Pathfinder Airborne funding strategy iCOMMAND funding strategy ATLAS funding strategy New F&A model and proposed caps impacting federal research funding

Transportation

Nothing this quarter

Veterans

GI Bill Updates

Aviation/Airlines/Airports

Nothing this quarter

Immigration

Various issues related to international student visas

Science/Technology

NSF,NASA, NIH and NOAA program elimination and terminations Proposed NIH, NSF and DOE F&A cuts and new FAIR model

Retirement

Nothing this quarter

Homeland Security

Nothing this quarter

Indian/Native American Affairs

Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI) funding of importance to UNC Pembroke. Funded in Dept of Education and Interior. Lumbee Recognition Bill Bureau of Indian Affairs funding