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
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2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 21, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1