Situational Awareness
Both the House of Representatives and the Senate are in session this week. Over the weekend, lawmakers released the compromise version of the FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which authorizes $883.7 billion for the Pentagon. The House will consider the bill first, and if passed without any changes, the Senate will hold a floor vote. Completing work on the NDAA will grant lawmakers additional bandwidth to consider a short-term spending measure that would avert a government shutdown on Dec. 20. The continuing resolution could include a supplemental disaster relief package, a one-year extension of the Farm Bill and measures that would restrict U.S. outbound investment in China.
The House Republican Conference is expected to vote this week on committee leadership for the 119thCongress, the results of which will shape the policy agenda of each committee, subject to the chair’s own priorities. Members of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, which determines committee assignments for the Democratic caucus, have not yet released their own recommendations for who will serve as ranking members of committees with competitive or vacant leadership seats.
ICYMI: New Club Safety and Compliance Survey: Share Your Experience
As part of the National Club Association’s commitment to supporting private clubs across the country, the 2024 Club Safety and Compliance Survey is now open in conjunction with safety, compliance and training platform, Obbi. This important survey is designed to gather insights from club leaders like you to better understand the challenges and opportunities in safety, compliance and training within the U.S. club industry.
Why Should You Participate?
- Your Voice Matters: Share your experiences and help us identify the key challenges facing private clubs today.
- Influence Industry Solutions: Your feedback will directly shape the development of tools, resources and solutions tailored to meet the unique needs of clubs nationwide.
- Fast and Simple: Completing the survey takes just a few minutes.
Encourage your peers to participate, too—every response helps make a difference!
Tax Bill Begins to Take Shape on Capitol Hill
Sparks flew on Capitol Hill last week as Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the incoming Senate Majority Leader, and House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.) clashed heads over differing legislative agendas in the first 100 days of the 119th Congress. And with a governing majority in the House of only one seat, time is of the essence to secure enough Republican support in both chambers that would enable leadership to pass a reconciliation bill, which only requires a simple majority in the Senate.
Sen. Thune has presented a plan to his Republican colleagues he believes would have the greatest likelihood to complete work on as many of President-elect Trump’s policy priorities as possible: the Senate would pass a reconciliation package early in the session to include new funding for border security and permitting reforms that would increase domestic energy production. Addressing the expiring provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would come later in the year in the form of a second reconciliation package.
Meanwhile, Rep. Smith is seeking a single reconciliation package that would include tax extenders. As chair of the House’s principal tax-writing body, Smith has worked diligently for nearly six months alongside his Republican colleagues on the Ways and Means Committee to prepare a tax package that includes all their top priorities. In Smith’s view, having a single reconciliation package that incorporates tax issues alongside Trump’s other national security and energy priorities is more realistic.
Webcast: Economic Impact of the Private Club Industry
Join us Tuesday, Dec. 17 at 1pm EST for an in-depth discussion on the findings of the groundbreaking private club industry impact study conducted by NCA, CMAA and Club Benchmarking.
Across the U.S., there are approximately 5,659 private clubs, ranging from golf and country clubs to yacht and racquet clubs. The Economic Impact Study focused on 3,887 of these clubs, each with annual revenues exceeding $1 million.
This webcast is free to all NCA members, CMAA members and Club Benchmarking subscribers. Register here.