Primary responsibility for the Society's Government Affairs Program rests with its Government Affairs Committee (GAC). The GAC has identified three levels of activity on issues affecting the non-ferrous foundry industry.

NFFS maintains active Washington representation for non-ferrous foundry interests.

Working with regulators, legislators and the Administration, the NFFS Government Affairs Program is structured to achieve three specific goals:

  1. To identify regulations and legislation having the potential to impact non-ferrous foundries prior to their enactment in order to influence their passage or, at the very least, to minimize any adverse impact or effects upon the non-ferrous metalcasting industry;
  2. To interpret the effect of enacted or expanded laws and regulations on non-ferrous foundries, and to assist Society members in bringing their processes and practices into compliance; and
  3. To establish means within the Society to express the industry's concerns and recommendations on pending legislation and regulations, and to inform legislators and regulatory agencies both of the important role that castings and non-ferrous foundries play in American industry and in the economy, and of the potential economic impact that proposed regulations and legislation would have on industry.