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HR-9629 — Protecting Communities from Data Center Impacts Act of 2026

Tracked record titled “Protecting Communities from Data Center Impacts Act of 2026.” Latest source-reported action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionUnited StatesFederal-source record
Latest recorded action2026-07-09Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Primary sourceCongressOriginal public record linked

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How it operates

Disclosure & reporting

Forces a data center’s energy, water, and impact data into public view, so regulators, ratepayers, and communities can see figures operators would otherwise keep private.

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Issues named in the record

Energy

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Protecting Communities from Data Center Impacts Act of 2026

13 nodes · 12 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 5Policy mechanism 1Documented actor 3Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textapplies in: Jurisdiction recorded for this source typedocumented by: Original source URL stored with the policy recordreferred to: Committee named in the latest legislative actionsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordcosponsored: Named cosponsor in the Congress.gov recordmember of family: authoritative billPolicy recordHR-9629Protecting Communities from…HR-9629: Protecting Communities from Data Center Impacts Act of 2026Policy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeCertification & Standa…AI-assisted policy themeCertification & Standards: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeGrid ReliabilityAI-assisted policy themeGrid Reliability: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeRatepayerAI-assisted policy themeRatepayer: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeSiting & Land UseAI-assisted policy themeSiting & Land Use: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismDisclosure & reportingText-derived policy signalDisclosure & reporting: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionUnited StatesFederal policy jurisdictionUnited States: Federal policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceCongressOriginal public sourceCongress: Original public sourceDocumented actorEnergy and CommercecommitteeEnergy and Commerce: committeeDocumented actorGreg LandsmanpersonGreg Landsman: personDocumented actorVicente GonzalezpersonVicente Gonzalez: personPolicy familyProtecting Communities…USProtecting Communities from Data Center Impacts Act of 2026: US

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