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BIG OIL from the Cabinet Act

Introduced: Jan 21, 2025

Latest action date: Jan 21, 2025

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

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Congress
119th Congress
Introduced
Jan 21, 2025
Recorded roll calls
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Status detail: The most advanced recorded stage is committee consideration.

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What this bill does

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.

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Government Operations and Politics

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CoalExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsOil and gasPublic participation and lobbying

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

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  2. Introduced in Senate

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