- U.S. lawmakers are poised to approve legislation this week aimed at killing a Dodd-Frank rule requiring energy companies to disclose payments they make to foreign governments for oil and gas fields, handing a victory to industry groups that have spent years fighting the regulation.
- The SEC rule, set to take effect next year, is one of a series of Obama administration regulations Republican lawmakers are trying to reverse using the Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress to undo regulations with a simple majority vote.
- Congress also plans to vote this week to scuttle rules curbing methane venting and mountain-top mining; both the House and Senate must pass a resolution disapproving the rules, which Pres. Trump would then sign.
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