Prohibits people who in the previous 10 years served as an executive officer of a fossil fuel company, worked as a fossil fuel lobbyist, or served as an executive officer of a fossil fuel trade association from being appointed to certain high-level federal positions or from serving in those roles in an acting capacity. It defines the covered positions, who counts as a fossil fuel entity, fossil fuel lobbyist, and fossil fuel trade association, and excludes employees who work in renewable energy divisions.

The bill uses those definitions to limit who may become department heads or certain political appointees, and to prevent temporary (acting) placements of disqualified individuals into those covered roles.