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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 2017 Priority Issues Agenda – are critical to golf facilities.
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Government Affairs Team
| Jun 15, 2018
On June 13 the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry marked up its version of legislation reauthorizing the nation’s agriculture and nutrition programs.
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Government Affairs Team
| Jun 13, 2018
Twenty members were named to the GCSAA Grassroots Ambassador program for the Spring 2018 class.
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Government Affairs Team
| Jun 04, 2018
The National Turfgrass Federation held its lobby day May 22 in Washington, D.C., to push for greater federal funding for turfgrass research programs.
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Government Affairs Team
| May 31, 2018
On May 31, the Department of Homeland Security released the temporary Final Rule that will increase the H-2B cap by 15,000 visas.
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Government Affairs Team
| May 22, 2018
GCSAA needs you to contact DHS/DOL and urge them to release the full amount of additional H-2B visas authorized by Congress in the Fiscal 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Act.
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Government Affairs Team
| May 18, 2018
GCSAA and its allies in the golf industry and other sectors of the economy continue to advocate in Washington for a better version of WOTUS.
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Government Affairs Team
| May 18, 2018
Legislation is pending in Congress that will have a considerable impact on golf course management. H.R. 2, the “Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018” (known as the "Farm Bill”) reauthorizes the nation’s agriculture and nutrition programs for the next five years.
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