A resolution to authorize representation by the Senate Legal Counsel in the case of Desmond Bellard v. Ronald Wyden, U.S. Senator.
- Last Action
- 4/10/2025
Actions
- 2025-01-21Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 2025-01-21Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2025-01-21 (00)
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.
Cosponsors (1)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Subjects
- Coal
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Oil and gas
- Public participation and lobbying
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