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Golf Course Superintendents Association of America

Membership group PAC FEC C00651430

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$10K
Membership group lobbying, all issues $85K

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the membership group’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the membership group’s members; the membership group itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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Golf Course Superintendents Association of America reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Advertising8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code7 of 87/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace6 of 86/8

From the filings

“H.R. 1583 the "PAR Act", which amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove private or commercial golf courses and country clubs from the list of uses from which certain proceeds cannot be used.”
Q2 2026 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
“S. Res. 834/H.Res. 1455 - Congressional resolutions honoring GCSAA's 100 year anniversary. Secure House & Senate co-sponsors. Invite Senators Marshall and Moran and Congressman Mann to centennial celebration in Kansas.”
Q3 2026 filing · Advertising

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • LaborDOL
  • U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceUSFWS

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in 3 of 8.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 6 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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