Introduced
August 27, 2026
Mrs. Miller of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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) that is (or is planned to be) located on land that is (or, immediately before such construction, expansion, or rehabilitation, was) described in , if such construction, expansion, or substantial rehabilitation begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.