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S 170 119th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Coal Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Oil and gas Public participation and lobbying

BIG OIL from the Cabinet Act

Introduced: January 21, 2025 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Jan 21, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 21, 2025
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Banning In Government Oil Industry Lobbyists from the Cabinet Act or the BIG OIL from the 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 executive officer 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 Transportation, the Secretary of State, and all political appointments in specified agencies.

What's happening now January 21, 2025

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

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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Jan 21, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 170: BIG OIL from the Cabinet Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-170/
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"S. 170: BIG OIL from the Cabinet Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-170/.
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S. 170, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-170/.
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