[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10118 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10118

  To prohibit Members of Congress from signing certain nondisclosure 
      agreements related to data centers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 20, 2026

 Mr. Barrett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit Members of Congress from signing certain nondisclosure 
      agreements related to data centers, 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 ``No Data Center NDAs Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS 
              RELATED TO DATA CENTERS.

    (a) In General.--A Member of Congress may not sign any 
nondisclosure agreement with any unit of State or local government or 
any private entity as a condition on receiving access to information 
with respect to the planning or development of a data center, including 
information with respect to planned or received investments, location 
planning, construction designs, or water or energy resource 
consumption.
    (b) Restriction on Use of Federal Funds.--No funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available from the U.S. Treasury may be used to 
implement or enforce a nondisclosure agreement described in subsection 
(a).
    (c) Regulations.--The Committee on Ethics of the House of 
Representatives and the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate shall 
each promulgate such regulations as may be necessary and appropriate to 
carry out the prohibition under this section.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Data center.--The term ``data center'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 453(a) of the Energy Independence 
        and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17112(a)).
            (2) Member of congress.--The term ``Member of Congress'' 
        means a Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident 
        Commissioner to, the Congress.
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