PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Energy and Commerce, 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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Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] · D–VA
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Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-08-03 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposal would require the Commerce Department to study how placing data centers at or near certain military, transportation, and industrial sites affects industries. It would examine construction costs and effects on electricity, water systems, and the environment. The study would also identify locations with sufficient infrastructure and possible federal incentives to encourage data centers at these sites.
The Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a study on the impact of locating data center sites within or near a covered location on affected industries.
(1) assess the costs associated with constructing new data centers within or near covered locations; (2) assess the impact of locating data center sites in affected covered locations on the energy grid, environment, and water system; (3) identify covered locations that have the physical, water infrastructure, and energy grid capacity necessary to host new data centers; and (4) identify potential Federal Government incentives to encourage the location of data centers sites within or near covered locations.
The term covered location means a domestic military installation, rail hub, airport, air cargo facility, air traffic control facility, or industrial zone.
Section 1 would name the bill the Smart Data Center Policy Act.
This Act may be cited as the Smart Data Center Policy Act.
The study would cover military installations in the United States, rail hubs, airports, air cargo facilities, air traffic control facilities, and areas designated or zoned for industrial activities. The bill uses an existing federal statutory definition of military installation.
(1) Covered location The term covered location means a domestic military installation, rail hub, airport, air cargo facility, air traffic control facility, or industrial zone. (2) Domestic military installation The term domestic military installation means a military installation (as defined in section 2801 of title 10, United States Code) located in the United States. (3) Industrial zone The term industrial zone means an area that is designated or zoned for industrial activities.
Commerce would have to assess the costs of constructing new data centers within or near covered locations. It would also assess how locating data centers in affected covered locations affects the electricity grid, environment, and water system.
(1) assess the costs associated with constructing new data centers within or near covered locations; (2) assess the impact of locating data center sites in affected covered locations on the energy grid, environment, and water system;
Commerce would have to identify covered locations with the physical capacity, water infrastructure, and electricity grid capacity needed to host new data centers.
(3) identify covered locations that have the physical, water infrastructure, and energy grid capacity necessary to host new data centers;
The study would have to identify possible federal incentives to encourage data centers within or near covered locations. This requirement calls for identifying potential incentives; it does not itself establish or fund them.
(4) identify potential Federal Government incentives to encourage the location of data centers sites within or near covered locations.
Within 180 days after enactment, the Secretary of Commerce would have to report the study's findings to the House Armed Services and Energy and Commerce committees and the Senate Armed Services and Energy and Natural Resources committees. The deadline would run from enactment, not introduction.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, a report on the findings of the study conducted under subsection (a).
The supplied August 12, 2026 source snapshot records introduction in the House on August 3, 2026, and referral that day to Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, and Energy and Commerce for consideration of provisions within their respective jurisdictions.
Source snapshot updated 2026-08-12T21:47:35Z.
2026-08-03: Introduced in House
2026-08-03: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-08-03. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
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Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
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Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
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