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HR 9035 · 119th CongressIntroduced

Make oil, gas, coal companies clean up after bankruptcy

Energy & Utilities
The vote
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Worked the bill
$485M
24 groups · their total 2025 lobbying
In the distance
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Summary

What the bill does

This bill changes bankruptcy rules for oil, gas, and coal companies. It requires them to pay for cleaning up pollution and retiring their facilities before paying other debts. It also stops them from abandoning polluted sites in bankruptcy and makes parent companies and private equity firms liable for cleanup costs.

Why it matters

The stakes

If a fossil fuel company goes bankrupt, taxpayers often end up paying for environmental cleanup. This bill would make the companies and their investors cover those costs instead.

Major public companies this covers
  • ExxonMobilXOM
  • ChevronCVX
  • ConocoPhillipsCOP
  • Peabody EnergyBTU
  • Arch ResourcesARCH
The debate

What each side says

Supporters
  • Ensures that fossil fuel companies, not taxpayers, pay for environmental cleanup when they go bankrupt.bill
  • Prevents companies from abandoning polluted sites to avoid cleanup costs.bill
  • Holds parent companies and private equity firms responsible for cleanup costs.bill
Critics
  • Could make it harder for struggling fossil fuel companies to reorganize and survive bankruptcy.report
  • May discourage investment in fossil fuel companies by making investors liable for cleanup costs.report

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Follow the money

From this bill outward

The bill

where every tie is measured from
HR 9035Make oil, gas, coal companies clean up after bankruptcyEnergy & Utilities

Who paid lobbyists to work it

Direct tie24 groups · their total 2025 lobbying
GroupIssues2025 lobbying
(all issues)		Has PAC?
CONOCOPHILLIPS›Named in billBankingEnergyForeign$7.2M✗No PAC
STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION›AdvocacyOtherBanking$80M✗No PAC
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.›EnergyBankingForeign$70M✗No PAC
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS›Real EstateBankingInsurance$54M✓NAORPAC
BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE INC›EnergyBankingHealth$34M✗No PAC
META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES›TechSports & MediaBanking$26M✗No PAC
GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY›TransportBankingForeign$20M✓GMC
AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL›BankingEnergyTransport$19M✓ACCP

Election money, in the distance

Background · not tied to this billEnergy & Utilities PACs -> the members who voted

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