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

The bill adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2, expands a reporting req, compliance mandate, product standard provision: 3, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate, trade restriction, definition change provision: 4. It relies on compliance mandates, reporting requirements, product standards, and trade restrictions. The main policy areas are Energy, Healthcare, and Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2.
  • Expands a reporting req, compliance mandate, product standard provision: 3.
  • Adds or tightens a compliance mandate, trade restriction, definition change provision: 4.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2, expands a reporting req, compliance mandate, product standard provision: 3, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate, trade restriction, definition change provision: 4.

Key Policy Areas

Energy, Healthcare, Transportation

Primary Purpose

The bill adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2, expands a reporting req, compliance mandate, product standard provision: 3, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate, trade restriction, definition change provision: 4.

Policy Domains

Energy Healthcare Transportation

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
Energy Healthcare Transportation
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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