BIG OIL from the Cabinet Act has not moved since its introduction on Jan 21, 2025, with one cosponsor, a Democrat
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 102 words.
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.
- Committees
- Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Policy area
- Government Operations and Politics: 580 of 5,914 bills became law, 113th–118th (9.8%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 715 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 624 words
- Subjects
- CoalExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsOil and gasPublic participation and lobbying
- Latest action
- Jan 21, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
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