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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 10169 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10169

    To prohibit the provision of Federal financial benefit for the 
construction, expansion, or substantial rehabilitation of data centers 
             on prime farmland and other certain farmland.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 27, 2026

   Mrs. Miller of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

 
    To prohibit the provision of Federal financial benefit for the 
construction, expansion, or substantial rehabilitation of data centers 
             on prime farmland and other certain farmland.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FINANCIAL BENEFIT FOR THE 
              CONSTRUCTION, EXPANSION, OR SUBSTANTIAL REHABILITATION OF 
              DATA CENTERS ON PRIME FARMLAND AND OTHER CERTAIN 
              FARMLAND.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
Federal agency may provide Federal financial benefit for the 
construction, expansion, or substantial rehabilitation of any data 
center (as defined in section 453(a)(1) of the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17112(a)(1))) that is (or is planned to 
be) located on land that is (or, immediately before such construction, 
expansion, or rehabilitation, was) described in section 1540(c)(1) of 
the Farmland Protection Policy Act (7 U.S.C. 4201(c)(1)), if such 
construction, expansion, or substantial rehabilitation begins after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Federal Financial Benefit.--For purposes of this section, the 
term ``Federal financial benefit'' means--
            (1) any Federal financial assistance (as defined in section 
        7501(a)(5) of title 31, United States Code), and
            (2) any Federal tax credit, Federal tax deduction, Federal 
        accelerated depreciation allowance, Federal transferable tax, 
        or other Federal financial benefit provided pursuant to Federal 
        law.
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To prohibit the provision of Federal financial benefit for the construction, expansion, or substantial rehabilitation of data centers on prime farmland and other certain farmland.

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