To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Feb 20, 2018 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 430.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 3, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal provisions requiring public companies to make disclosures relating to their use of conflict minerals originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 7, 2017 to Nov 15, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IN | Trey Hollingsworth | Nov 7, 2017 | |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Nov 15, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Nov 3, 2017Markup Nov 15, 2017Reported Feb 20, 2018 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 20, 2018Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-570.
- Feb 20, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 430.
- Nov 15, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Nov 15, 2017Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 27.
- Nov 3, 2017Introduced in House
- Nov 3, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Feb 16, 2018H.R. 4248, a bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposesAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on November 15, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 179, November 3, 2017, page H8496.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 10 | Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 | Related bill | Jul 13, 2017 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 20, 2018Reported in House
- Nov 3, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
