H.R. 6983

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6983 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6983

To require data centers to generate electricity, and for other 
purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 8, 2026

Mr. Menendez (for himself and Mr. Casar) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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A BILL

To require data centers to generate electricity, and for other 
purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Rate Inflation in 
Consumer Energy Act'' or the ``PRICE Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR DATA CENTERS TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY.

(a) Requirement.--Each data center located in the United States 
shall generate all of the electricity the data center consumes each 
year.
(b) Use of Clean Energy Sources.--
(1) 75 percent.--During the period beginning on January 1, 
2035, and ending on the date described in paragraph (2), not 
less than 75 percent of the electricity generated by a data 
center for purposes of subsection (a) shall be from a clean 
energy source.
(2) 100 percent.--Beginning on January 1, 2040, 100 percent 
of the electricity generated by a data center for purposes of 
subsection (a) shall be from a clean energy source.
(c) Enforcement.--
(1) Civil penalty.--Any data center that violates any 
provision of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty 
of not more than $100,000 per day until the violation is 
rectified.
(2) Establishment of administrative process.--Not later 
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Energy shall establish an administrative process 
for the issuance of civil penalties for violations of this 
section.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Clean energy source.--The term ``clean energy source'' 
includes a solar, wind, battery, green hydrogen, hydropower, 
and geothermal source.
(2) Data center.--The term ``data center'' means a facility 
that--
(A) is described in section 453(a)(1) of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 
17112(a)(1)); and
(B) consumes at least 50 megawatts each day.
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