Data Center Resource Disclosure Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10005 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10005

 To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
 Information to conduct a survey with respect to data center resource 
                  consumption, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2026

    Ms. Scholten (for herself, Mr. Subramanyam, and Mrs. Grijalva) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

 
 To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
 Information to conduct a survey with respect to data center resource 
                  consumption, 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 ``Data Center Resource Disclosure 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DATA CENTER RESOURCE CONSUMPTION SURVEY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Assistant Secretary 
shall--
            (1) conduct a survey through which the Assistant Secretary 
        shall request the operator of each data center located in the 
        United States to provide, on a voluntary basis, information 
        on--
                    (A) the energy consumption of such data center for 
                the preceding 1-year period; and
                    (B) the water consumption of such data center for 
                the preceding 1-year period; and
            (2) provide an opportunity for individuals and entities, 
        including public utility boards, labor organizations, State 
        regulatory authorities, and public interest organizations 
        representing consumers, to submit comments in relation to such 
        survey.
    (b) Publication of Results.--Not later than 180 days after 
conducting a survey under subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary 
shall--
            (1) publish on the primary website of the National 
        Telecommunications and Information Administration the results 
        of such survey, which shall include--
                    (A) the presentation of such results using an 
                interactive map of the United States;
                    (B) an identification of each data center with 
                respect to which complete information was not provided 
                in response to the survey; and
                    (C) a summary of the comments received pursuant to 
                the most recent opportunity to submit comments under 
                subsection (a)(2); and
            (2) submit to Congress a report with recommendations to 
        improve the regulation of data centers, including with respect 
        to the issue of transparency.
    (c) Coordination.--In carrying out this section, the Assistant 
Secretary shall coordinate with--
            (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
        Agency;
            (2) the Secretary of Energy; and
            (3) the head of any other Federal department or agency the 
        Assistant Secretary determines appropriate.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Assistant secretary.--The term ``Assistant Secretary'' 
        means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
        and Information.
            (2) Data center.--The term ``data center'' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 453(a) of the Energy Independence 
        and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17112(a)).
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