To direct the Secretary of Energy to report to Congress on the use of electric energy and water by certain data centers, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9019 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9019 To direct the Secretary of Energy to report to Congress on the use of electric energy and water by certain data centers, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 22, 2026 Mr. Roy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Energy to report to Congress on the use of electric energy and water by certain 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 ``Public Oversight of Water and Energy Reporting Act'' or the ``POWER Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that the construction and operation of data centers should not come at the sacrifice of our nation's water resources or valuable farm and ranchland, and the Federal Government should make sure it is not subsidizing data centers that would not be viable otherwise. SEC. 3. REPORTS ON USE OF ELECTRIC ENERGY AND WATER BY CERTAIN DATA CENTERS. Not later than the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Energy shall, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, submit to Congress a report on the use of electric energy and water by covered data centers during the applicable report period, which shall include information on-- (1) the amount of water used by each covered data center that is provided by a public water system during the applicable report period, including-- (A) for a covered data center that recycles and reuses the water provided by a public water system, the amou