HR7858-119

In Committee

Data Center Community Impact Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 5, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Data Center Community Impact Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, Energy.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H8EA1DD02D9E14024BC7841E201B4E495: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Data Center Community Impact Act.
  • Section HDB5A0BBE64EA4E4DAC1FCCE32329C02A: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: Data centers are a significant and growing source of energy consumption in the United States, accounting for...
  • Section H795F65FF0F7A44F8A163B588730665B4: 3. Study and report on the effect of data centers on communities of color and low-income communities The Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the...
  • Section HFAA36DA06615477583FC693AD4CEFF30: 4. Definitions In this Act: The term community of color means a geographically distinct area in which the population of any of the following categories of...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Data Center Community Impact Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Government Operations, Energy

Primary Purpose

This bill, Data Center Community Impact Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Government Operations Energy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies: ,
environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 5, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Mar 5, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 5, 2026

Mrs. Watson Coleman (for herself, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Norton, Ms. …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Government Operations Energy
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_energy"
→ Secretary of Energy
"administrator_of_epa"
→ Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
"secretary_of_commerce"
→ Secretary of Commerce

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