Dodd-Frank Material Disclosure Improvement Act

Bill: 117-s-3923
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
Introduced: 2022-03-24
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Africa

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Financial services and investments

Mining

Oil and gas

Securities

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Wages and earnings

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-04-05
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-24
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Dodd-Frank Material Disclosure Improvement Act </strong></p> <p>This bill eliminates disclosure requirements applicable to issuers of securities. Specifically, it eliminates requirements to disclose </p> <ul> <li> the ratio of an issuer's median employee pay to its Chief Executive Officer pay; </li> <li>the use of conflict minerals originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the issuer; </li> <li>health and safety information of mines operated by the issuer; and </li> <li>payments by an oil, natural gas, or mineral extractor to a foreign government or to the federal government. </li> </ul>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3923 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 24, 2022 Mr. Cramer (for himself and Mr. Tillis ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal certain provisions requiring non-material disclosure, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Dodd-Frank Material Disclosure Improvement Act . 2. Striking of provisions of the Investor Protection and Securities Reform Act of 2010 (a) In general Section 953 of the Investor Protection and Securities Reform Act of 2010 ( Public Law 111–103 ; 124 Stat. 1903) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking Disclosure of pay versus performance .— ; and (2) by striking subsection (b). (b) Rules The Securities and Exchange Commission shall repeal any rule, including any amendment to any rule of the Commission, issued under section 953(b) of the Investor Protection and Securities Reform Act of 2010 ( 15 U.S.C. 78l note), as in effect as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act. (c) Prohibition on substantially similar rules The Securities and Exchange Commission may not promulgate any rule that is substantially similar to a rule that is repealed under subsection (b). 3. Striking of sections of title XV of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (a) In general (1) Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Title XV of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ( Public Law 111–203 ) is amended— (A) by striking section 1502 ( 15 U.S.C. 78m note); (B) by striking section 1503 ( 15 U.S.C. 78m–2 ); and (C) by striking section 1504. (b) Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78m ) is amended— (1) by striking subsections (p) and (q); and (2) by redesignating subsection (r) as subsection (p). (c) Repeal of rules issued under applicable provisions The Securities and Exchange Commission shall repeal any rule, including any amendment to any rule of the Commission, issued under— (1) section 1502, 1503, or 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ( Public Law 111–203 ), as in effect as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act; or (2) subsection (p) or (q) of section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78m ), as in effect as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act. (d) Prohibition on substantially similar rules The Securities and Exchange Commission may not promulgate any rule that is substantially similar to a rule that is repealed under subsection (c). (e) Clerical amendment The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is amended by striking the items relating to sections 1502, 1503, and 1504.