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US extractive industries transparency law - NGO responses
On 15 July 2010, the US Senate passed a provision that, according to Karen Lissakers of Revenue Watch Institute, requires "all companies registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission to report the amounts they pay to governments for access to oil, gas and minerals"... Several human rights and anti-poverty NGOs welcomed the passage of the provision: Center for Global Development... EarthRights Intl... Global Witness... ONE (global campaign against extreme poverty)... Oxfam America... Publish What You Pay... Worldwatch Institute