119th Congress Government Operations and Politics
S. 170: BIG OIL from the Cabinet Act
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Summary
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.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- Jeff Merkley D-OROriginal
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Edward Markey.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.