In November 2020, the PWYP-US coalition formally adopted a new coalition strategy to guide our work over the next two year period. This strategy will be used to guide our campaigns and advocacy during this time. We look forward to working more with partners and allies in this effort. Please find the full strategy and summary version here and get…
PWYP-US submitted this letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rulemaking record for its implementing rule for Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act.
The Cardin-Lugar provision is a landmark piece of bipartisan legislation, but a great deal of misinformation has been spread about the provision.
In 2010, in an effort to empower citizens, better protect and inform investors, reverse the resource curse, and strengthen U.S. national and energy security, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced the Cardin-Lugar Amendment to the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 (Section 1504). The Securities and Exchange Commission released strong, fair final rules in June 2016. The June 2016 rule was repealed through…
The PWYP-US steering committee submitted a letter to members of the House Financial Services Committee concerning expressing opposition to H.R. 4519
Oil, gas, and mining companies are now reporting project-level payments to governments in over thirty countries in compliance with disclosure laws modeled on Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act.
Senator Benjamin Cardin along with Senators Leahy, Brown, Markey, Whitehouse, Kaine, Shaheen, Menendez, Coons, Warren, Murphy, and Merkley sent a letter dated April 4, 2017 to Acting SEC Chair Michael Piwowar and SEC Commissioner Kara Stein. The Senators call on the SEC to reissue a strong anti-corruption safeguard on oil, gas, and mining companies implementing the requirements of Section 1504…
Mining in fragile states increases the likelihood of violent insurgencies and increases their duration and intensity. Poor governance means that natural resource revenue that could be used to reduce aid dependency and fund development often fuels corruption and weakens governments instead. Driving greater accountability and transparency is important not just as a humanitarian concern, but for the national security of…
Oil production in fragile states increases the likelihood of violent insurgencies and increases their duration and intensity, while oil revenue that could be used to reduce aid dependency and fund development often fuels corruption and weakens governments instead. Driving greater accountability and transparency is important not just as a humanitarian concern, but for the national security of the United States…
As civil society representatives from Iraq and Yemen, working to combat corruption in the oil industry, we write to express our extreme concern at the proposal to repeal the United States’ world-leading transparency law through a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval. Undoing this regulation could undermine the national security of both the U.S. and our own countries. Read the…