[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10004 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10004

To amend title 10, United States Code, to incorporate requirements for 
   data centers for the protection of water resources, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2026

Ms. Scholten (for herself and Mr. Subramanyam) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
   Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to incorporate requirements for 
   data centers for the protection of water resources, 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 ``Defending Our Energy and Water 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DATA CENTER REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROTECTION OF WATER RESOURCES.

    (a) Minimum Requirements for New Data Centers.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Office of 
        Electronic Government shall revise the minimum requirements for 
        new data centers established pursuant to section 834(b) of the 
        Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 44 
        U.S.C. 3601 note) to include requirements relating to 
        protections for water resources at such data centers, including 
        the use of the most water efficient cooling systems.
            (2) Extension of sunset.--Section 834(e) of the Carl Levin 
        and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization 
        Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 44 U.S.C. 3601 
        note) is amended by striking ``2026'' and inserting ``2031''.
    (b)  Energy Efficiency Targets for Data Centers.--Section 
2921(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
                    ``(E) identify and integrate potential water 
                efficiency technologies to enhance resiliency at the 
                data center and minimize the effects of the data center 
                operation on water resources; and''.
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