BIG OIL Cabinet Act
USA116th CongressS-2935| Senate
| Updated: 11/21/2019
Edward J. Markey
Democratic Senator
Massachusetts
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Banning In Government Oil Industry Lobbyists from the Cabinet Act or the BIG OIL 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 employee 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 State, and all political appointments in specified agencies.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Government Operations and Politics
CoalCorporate finance and managementFederal officialsGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionMotor fuelsOil and gasPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsPublic participation and lobbying
BIG OIL Cabinet Act
USA116th CongressS-2935| Senate
| Updated: 11/21/2019
Banning In Government Oil Industry Lobbyists from the Cabinet Act or the BIG OIL 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 employee 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 State, and all political appointments in specified agencies.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Edward J. Markey
Democratic Senator
Massachusetts
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Government Operations and Politics
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
CoalCorporate finance and managementFederal officialsGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionMotor fuelsOil and gasPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsPublic participation and lobbying