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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10004 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 10004
To amend title 10, United States Code, to incorporate requirements for
data centers for the protection of water resources, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 30, 2026
Ms. Scholten (for herself and Mr. Subramanyam) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to incorporate requirements for
data centers for the protection of water resources, 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 ``Defending Our Energy and Water
Act''.
SEC. 2. DATA CENTER REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROTECTION OF WATER RESOURCES.
(a) Minimum Requirements for New Data Centers.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Office of
Electronic Government shall revise the minimum requirements for
new data centers established pursuant to section 834(b) of the
Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 44
U.S.C. 3601 note) to include requirements relating to
protections for water resources at such data centers, including
the use of the most water efficient cooling systems.
(2) Extension of sunset.--Section 834(e) of the Carl Levin
and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 44 U.S.C. 3601
note) is amended by striking ``2026'' and inserting ``2031''.
(b) Energy Efficiency Targets for Data Centers.--Section
2921(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F);
and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
``(E) identify and integrate potential water
efficiency technologies to enhance resiliency at the
data center and minimize the effects of the data center
operation on water resources; and''.
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