S 170
BIG OIL from the Cabinet Act
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.
Bill status
- Status
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Sen. Edward J. Markey [D-MA]
- Cosponsors
- 1
- Policy area
- Government Operations and Politics
- Introduced
- 2025-01-21
- Latest action
- 2025-01-21: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-01-21: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 2025-01-21: Introduced in Senate