,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fihd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #h1         
#bjbf,mr4 ,menendez 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,casar7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require reports on the      
effects of data centers on air quality  
and water quality1 and on electricity   
consumption by data centers4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,data ,center ,transparency ,act4  #b4  
,reports on the effects of data centers 
on air quality and water quality2       
reports on electricity consumption by   
data centers  7a7 ,reports on the       
effects of data centers on air quality  
and water quality ,not later than #f    
months after the date of enactment of   
this section1 and not less frequently   
than once every #c months thereafter1   
the ,administrator of the ,environmental
 ,protection ,agency shall submit to    
,congress1 and make publicly available  

on a website1 a report that identifies1 
with respect to the period of #c months 
preceding the submission and publication
 of the report--  7#a7 the total amount 
of water consumed by data centers       
located in the ,united ,states2  7#b7   
how such data centers reuse water1 and  
the amount of such reused water2  7#c7  
how such data centers affect local water
 systems1 including with respect to--   
7,a7 the availability of potable water2 
7,b7 whether the data center increased  
demand on local water utilities2  7,c7  
any potential data on service           
disruptions for other customers of local
 water utilities2  7,d7 any changes in  
residential rates for water services2   
and  7,e7 the type and amount of        
pollutants 7as such term is defined in  
section #ejb7f7 of the ,federal ,water  
,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 
#acfb7f777 discharged into water by data
 centers2  7#d7 the total amount of     
greenhouse gases emitted from such data 
centers2 and  7#e7 the effect of such   

greenhouse gas emissions1 including the 
cumulative effect on overburdened       
communities4  7b7 ,reports on           
electricity consumption by data centers 
7#a7 ,collection of data ,the           
,administrator of the ,energy           
,information ,administration shall      
collect data on the total amount of     
energy consumed every #f months by each 
data center located in the ,united      
,states4  7#b7 ,reports ,not later than 
#f months after the date of enactment of
 this section1 and not less frequently  
than once every #f months thereafter1   
the ,administrator of the ,energy       
,information ,administration shall      
submit to ,congress1 and make publicly  
available on a website1 a report that   
identifies1 with respect to the period  
of #f months preceding the submission   
and publication of the report--  7,a7   
the total amount of energy consumption  
by data centers1 disaggregated by       
,state2  7,b7 how such energy           
consumption may have changed during such

 period of #f months2  7,c7 the number  
of data centers that began operating    
during such period of #f months2  7,d7  
how household energy bills may have     
changed during such period of #f months2
 and  7,e7 the average household energy 
use and cost4  7c7 ,data center defined 
,in this section1 the term data center  
has the meaning given such term in      
section #dec7;a7 of the ,energy         
,independence and ,security ,act of     
#bjjg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agaab7;a774