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Final Rule

Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers

Overview

We are adopting Rule 13q-1 and an amendment to Form SD to implement Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act relating to the disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers. Rule 13q-1 was initially adopted by the Commission on August 22, 2012, but it was subsequently vacated by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act added Section 13(q) to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which directs the Commission to issue rules requiring resource extraction issuers to include in an annual report information relating to any payment made by the issuer, a subsidiary of the issuer, or an entity under the control of the issuer, to a foreign government or the Federal Government for the purpose of the commercial development of oil, natural gas, or minerals. Section 13(q) requires a resource extraction issuer to provide information about the type and total amount of such payments made for each project related to the commercial development of oil, natural gas, or minerals, and the type and total amount of payments made to each government. In addition, Section 13(q) requires a resource extraction issuer to provide information about those payments in an interactive data format.

Prior Actions

Last Reviewed or Updated: April 7, 2023

Details

File Number
S7-25-15
Rule Type
Final
Release Number
34-78167
SEC Issue Date
Effective Date

September 26, 2016

Compliance Date

A resource extraction issuer must comply with the final rule and form for fiscal years ending on or after September 30, 2018.

Federal Register Publish Date
Document Citation

81 FR 49359

RIN
3235-AL53