,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ifbi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #i1 #bjbf,mr4  
,landsman introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
require an assessment of the            
environmental and public health effects 
of data centers1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,protecting ,communities   
from ,data ,center ,impacts ,act of     
#bjbf4  #b4 ,assessment of environmental
 and public health effects of data      
centers ,the ,administrator of the      
,environmental ,protection ,agency shall
 seek to enter into an agreement with   
the ,national ,academies of ,sciences1  
,engineering1 and ,medicine 7referred to
 in this section as the ,national       
,academies7 under which the ,national   
,academies shall--  7#a7 conduct an     
assessment of the impacts of data       
centers on the environment and public   
health1 including with respect to-- 7,a7

 noise pollution2  7,b7 air pollution2  
7,c7 water consumption2  7,d7 water     
supply2  7,e7 carbon emissions2 and     
7,f7 waste1 including electronic waste2 
7#b7 develop recommendations to mitigate
 such impacts2 and  7#c7 not later than 
#ahj days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 submit to the   
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce of  
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,committee on ,environment and ,public  
,works of the ,senate a report          
containing the results of the assessment
 conducted under paragraph 7#a7 and the 
recommendations developed under         
paragraph 7#b74