S 2935
116th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Coal
Corporate finance and management
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public participation and lobbying
BIG OIL Cabinet Act
Introduced: November 21, 2019
Introduced by:
Markey, Edward J.
Democratic
· Massachusetts
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 21, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Nov 21, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Banning In Government Oil Industry Lobbyists from the Cabinet Act or the BIG OIL Cabinet Act
This bill prohibits the appointment of an individual to specified high-level federal positions if that individual has served as an executive officer of a fossil fuel entity, a fossil fuel lobbyist, or an employee of a fossil fuel trade association in the previous 10 years.
The applicable federal positions include the Chief of Staff to the President, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of State, and all political appointments in specified agencies.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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