# 119-s-170: BIG OIL from the Cabinet Act

119-s-170, BIG OIL from the Cabinet Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-170
- Congress: 119
- Title: BIG OIL from the Cabinet Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Ban on recent fossil fuel executives and lobbyists from top government posts.** This bill would bar people who worked as fossil fuel executives, fossil fuel lobbyists, or executive officers of fossil fuel trade associations in the past 10 years from serving in a set of senior federal roles. - Defines who is covered and how long the ban lasts. It spells out what counts as a fossil fuel executive, fossil fuel lobbyist, and fossil fuel trade association leader and sets a 10-year lookback period. - Applies to many senior roles across the executive branch. Covered positions include White House chiefs of staff and agency heads such as the EPA Administrator, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of State, and specified political appointees at Interior, EPA, Energy, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and it blocks both appointments and acting service. - Targets the flow of industry officials into government. It prevents people who principally lobby for or run fossil fuel extraction and production firms from moving directly into these policy-making posts.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Ban fossil fuel executives from Cabinet: benefit, low. The bill would bar many former fossil-fuel executives and fossil-fuel lobbyists from certain senior federal appointments. The ban would apply if a person served in those fossil-fuel roles at any time during the prior 10 years. It would stop appointments to senior department heads and to certain pol…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026
- 119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act
- 119-s-2838: Protecting Our Democracy Act
- 119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-1507: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-170 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/170)

## Related
- [119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5071)
- [119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5022)
- [119-s-2838: Protecting Our Democracy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2838)
- [119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2819)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-1507: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1507)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-170 (as of 2025-12-21).