As previously reported in March 2025, the EPA and the Army Corp of Engineers announced a 30-day comment period to solicit feedback on key aspects of the definition of “Water of the United States” (WOTUS) in the Clean Water Act.

On May 23, U.S. Reps. Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Jim Baird (IN-04), and Sens. Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Alex Padilla (D-CA), reintroduced the Plant Biostimulant Act.

Around 45 individuals from the EPA and United States Fish and Wildlife Service participated in a golf course tour to showcase GCSAA's environmental and agronomic Best Management Practices on April 9, 2025.

Since the EPA’s announcement of new guidance and potential WOTUS rulemaking on March 12, more information has been released as to where the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers will focus its efforts and seek public comment.

On March 14, the American Golf Industry Coalition (AGIC) announced that Reps. Richard Hudson (R-NC) and Scott Peters (D-CA) have joined as new co-chairs of the Congressional Golf Caucus.

On March 12, new EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that EPA will work with the United States Army Corps of Engineers to review the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v. EPA and prepare a new rulemaking.

On Jan. 6, the EPA published their new changes to the chlorothalonil label, and due in part to the advocacy efforts of GCSAA and its members, the Registration Review Interim Decision (ID) was significantly different from the label changes that were proposed in 2023.

When the EPA’s Preliminary Interim Decision on thiophanate methyl was issued in Spring 2023, GCSAA and its members were concerned about the proposed changes to the label, which included a significant reduction to the rate and number of applications annually.

The U.S. EPA proposed significant changes to the chlorothalonil labels in the fall of 2023 by issuing a Preliminary Interim Decision.

On Nov. 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down the overtime pay regulation that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) finalized in April 2024.

GCSAA supports “Plant Biostimulant Act” (S. 802 and H.R. 1472) to ensure superintendents have access to the plant biostimulants.

The Department of Homeland Security will release additional H-2B visas for Fiscal Year 2025

There is currently a bill in the New Jersey Senate, SB 217, that would enact a ban on the use of 2-stroke blowers and restrict the use of 4-stroke blowers to just a few months per year.

GCSAA has been on the road this past year, actively engaging with GCSAA chapter members across the country.

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released an update about H-2B visas for the first half of fiscal year 2025

After you visit the polls, take a selfie with your "I Voted" sticker and post it to social media account along with the hashtag #GolfVotes and tag @gcsaa.

As GCSAA continues to grow its Grassroots Ambassadors program, we remain focused on filling congressional districts that aren’t currently represented by an ambassador.

GCSAA has weighed in the proposed cancellation of acephate.

On Aug. 30, the Occupational Safety and Hazard Administration (OSHA) announced that the Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings proposed rule had been published in the Federal Register.

The Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Association has a new heat stress standard proposal.