United States (federal)United States (federal)BillS. 5689
A bill to prohibit Federal and State incentives for the development or commercial operations of data centers.
Latest step, Oct 15: Under authority of the order of the Senate of September 30, 2026, ordered read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Last movedOct 15 3 weeks ago
- Body
- U.S. Congress
- Session
- 119th Congress
- Introduced
- Oct 15
- Topics
- Data centers
Timeline
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Change log
- AddedAdded to the list. Found on Congress.gov.Oct 16
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