Protecting Communities from Data Center Impacts Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9629 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9629

To require an assessment of the environmental and public health effects
                of data centers, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2026

 Mr. Landsman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

To require an assessment of the environmental and public health effects
                of data centers, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Communities from Data
Center Impacts Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH EFFECTS OF DATA
              CENTERS.

    The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall seek
to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences,
Engineering, and Medicine (referred to in this section as the
``National Academies'') under which the National Academies shall--
            (1) conduct an assessment of the impacts of data centers on
        the environment and public health, including with respect to--
                    (A) noise pollution;
                    (B) air pollution;
                    (C) water consumption;
                    (D) water supply;
                    (E) carbon emissions; and
                    (F) waste, including electronic waste;
            (2) develop recommendations to mitigate such impacts; and
            (3) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
        of this Act, submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of
        the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment
        and Public Works of the Senate a report containing the results
        of the assessment conducted under paragraph (1) and the
        recommendations developed under paragraph (2).
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