Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to "Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers".

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

This joint resolution nullifies the "Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers" rule finalized by the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2016. (The rule, mandated under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, requires resource extraction issuers to disclose payments made to governments for the commercial development of oil, natural gas, or minerals.)

[115th Congress Public Law 4]
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Public Law 115-4
115th Congress

                            Joint Resolution


 
  Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, 
 United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange 
 Commission relating to ``Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction 
          Issuers''. <<NOTE: Feb. 14, 2017 -  [H.J. Res. 41]>> 

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the 
rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to 
``Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers'' (published at 
81 Fed. Reg. 49359 (July 27, 2016)), and such rule shall have no force 
or effect.

    Approved February 14, 2017.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.J. Res. 41:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 163 (2017):
            Feb. 1, considered and passed House.
            Feb. 2, 3, considered and passed Senate.
DAILY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS (2017):
            Feb. 14, Presidential remarks.

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