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S 170 119th Congress

BIG OIL from the Cabinet Act

A bill to prohibit the appointment of former fossil fuel executive officers and fossil fuel lobbyists as the heads of certain departments, and for other purposes.

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Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Latest action Jan 21, 2025 Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Government Operations and Politics
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    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Introduced in Senate Jan 21, 2025

Banning In Government Oil Industry Lobbyists from the Cabinet Act or the BIG OIL from the Cabinet ActThis 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.

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