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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
| May 25, 2023
This morning, the Supreme Court announced the long-awaited Sackett decision
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Sarah Riley
| May 01, 2023
The Responsible Industry for Sound Environment (RISE) in conjunction with CropLife America hosted a regulatory conference, April 19-21, in Washington, DC.
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Sarah Riley
| Apr 13, 2023
A summary of recent activity on the Biden Administration’s WOTUS Rule
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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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