S4214-119

In Committee

Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 25, 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, Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Government Operations, Energy.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators 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, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act.
  • Section id9ccace6bc80d47dba9de8c952cf1f57a: 2. Findings Congress finds that— leading experts and industry leaders have warned about catastrophic consequences from unchecked artificial intelligence...
  • Section ida40f1a98539b446a88fee76fd43dde80: 3. Moratorium on construction of new artificial intelligence data centers In this section, the term artificial intelligence data center means all the...
  • Section idf0df78fbaa35413fad042c6a646c0dc8: 4. Export controls on computing infrastructure hardware In this section: The term computing infrastructure hardware means semiconductors, integrated circuits,...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Government Operations, Energy

Primary Purpose

This bill, Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Government Operations Energy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 25, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, …

Mar 25, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 25, 2026

Mr. Sanders introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

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
Labor Government Operations Energy
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_energy"
→ Secretary of Energy
"secretary_of_commerce"
→ Secretary of Commerce

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"artificial intelligence data center" §ida40f1a98539b446a88fee76fd43dde80

all the buildings, equipment, structures, and other stationary items, such as server racks, that— are located on a single site or on contiguous, adjacent, or otherwise connected sites

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