On January 31, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that the agency would reconsider how to enforce a regulation that requires SEC filers to provide certain disclosures about the use of specified conflict minerals originating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Link to announcement: https://www.sec.gov/news/statement/reconsideration-of-conflict-minerals-rule-implementation.html
Comment period on this SEC announcement is open with no set closing date.
Advocacy contact: Dillon Taylor(link sends e-mail) at 202.401.9787.
Date:
Monday, March 6, 2017