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Check in regularly as GCSAA's government affairs department keeps you informed about important compliance deadlines that impact golf facilities. Hot topics – some that fall within the 2021-2022 Priority Issues Agenda are critical to golf facilities.
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Sarah Riley
| Jan 10, 2023
In the last days of the 117th Congress, the House of Representatives and the Senate passed – and the President signed - an omnibus appropriations bill for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2023.
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Chava McKeel
| Dec 30, 2022
Today (December 30), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) released the final “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) Rule. Unfortunately, this represents another missed opportunity to provide a clear definition of those waters under federal jurisdiction and thus subject to federal water permitting requirements.
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Sarah Riley
| Nov 14, 2022
Here’s what we know so far about the 2022 midterms: Democrats have retained control of the Senate by a 50-49 vote margin.
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Sarah Riley
| Nov 04, 2022
Bob Helland, GCSAA director of congressional & federal affairs, spoke at the National Links Trust Symposium on Municipal Golf in Washington, D.C.
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Sarah Riley
| Oct 31, 2022
Voting is one of the most important rights and responsibilities we have as U.S. citizens
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Sarah Riley
| Oct 24, 2022
This month provided two opportunities for golf to respond to the latest attempt by federal agencies to define waters of the United States (“WOTUS”) under the Clean Water Act.
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Government Affairs Team
| Oct 12, 2022
DHS, in consultation with the Department of Labor, announced that it will be issuing a regulation that will make available to employers an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year 2023.
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