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<meta><dc:title>Public Law 115–4: 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”.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2017-02-14</dc:date>
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<preface><centerRunningHead>PUBLIC LAW 115–4—FEB. 14, 2017</centerRunningHead>
<page identifier="/us/stat/131/9">131 STAT. 9</page>
<dc:type>Public Law</dc:type><docNumber>115–4</docNumber>
<congress value="115">115th Congress</congress>
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<docTitle class="centered fontsize12" style="-uslm-lc:I658005">Joint Resolution</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658011">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”.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8" id="xcbe0320e-e82f-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658076"><approvedDate date="2017-02-14">Feb. 14, 2017</approvedDate></p><p class="centered fontsize8" id="xcbe0320f-e82f-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658076">[<ref href="/us/bill/115/hjres/41">H.J. Res. 41</ref>]<?GPOvSpace 08?></p></sidenote></officialTitle>
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<resolvingClause class="indentUp0 firstIndent0 fontsize10 italic" style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><i>  Resolved   by   the   Senate   and   House   of   Representatives   of   the   United   States   of   America   in   Congress   assembled,</i></resolvingClause>
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<content class="inline"> That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to “Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers” (published at <ref href="/us/fr/81/49359">81 Fed. Reg. 49359</ref> (July 27, 2016)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.</content>
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<actionDescription style="-uslm-lc:I658030">Approved</actionDescription> <date date="2017-02-14">February 14, 2017</date>.</action>
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658031"><inline class="underline">LEGISLATIVE HISTORY</inline>—<ref href="/us/bill/115/hjres/41">H.J. Res. 41</ref>:</heading>
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658032">CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 163 (2017):</heading>
<p class="indentUp4 firstIndent-1" id="xcbe05920-e82f-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658035">Feb. 1, considered and passed House.</p><p class="indentUp4 firstIndent-1" id="xcbe05921-e82f-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658035">Feb. 2, 3, considered and passed Senate.</p></note>
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658032">DAILY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS (2017):</heading>
<p class="indentUp4 firstIndent-1" id="xcbe05922-e82f-11f0-a1e4-69761a48a15a" style="-uslm-lc:I658035">Feb. 14, Presidential remarks.</p></note>
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