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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 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Nov 21, 2019
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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 November 21, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2935: BIG OIL Cabinet Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2935/
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"S. 2935: BIG OIL Cabinet Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2935/.
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S. 2935, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2935/.
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