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RIN: 3235-AK84

Publication ID: 2012

Title: Conflict Minerals
Abstract: The Commission adopted a new rule pursuant to section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which added section 13(p) to the Exchange Act. The new rule requires any reporting issuer for which conflict minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of a product manufactured or contracted to be manufactured by that issuer to disclose in a new form whether its conflict minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country. If so, the issuer is required to file as an exhibit to this form a separate conflict minerals report.
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: Yes	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 17 CFR 229.10 et seq 17 CFR 229.104(new) 17 CFR 229.601(new)
Legal Authority: 15 USC 77g 15 USC 77j 15 USC 77s 15 USC 78l 15 USC 78m 15 USC 78o 15 USC 78w PL 111-203 sec 1502

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory	Sec 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act requires the Commission to adopt rules by April 15, 2011.	04/15/2011

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	12/23/2010	75 FR 80948
NPRM Comment Period End	01/31/2011
NPRM Comment Period Extended	02/03/2011	76 FR 6110
NPRM Comment Period Extended End	03/02/2011
Final Action	09/12/2012	77 FR 56272
Final Action Effective	11/13/2012

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: www.sec.gov/rules/final//2012/34-66716.pdf
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes
Agency Contact: John Fieldsend Division of Corporation Finance Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549 Phone:202 551-3430 Email: fieldsendj@sec.gov