Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2026
Latest action · Jun 8, 2026 Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 8, 2026
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 8, 2026 to Oct 5, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Jun 8, 2026 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Jun 15, 2026 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Jun 15, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Jun 15, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Jun 15, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Jun 24, 2026 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 24, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Jun 25, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Jun 29, 2026 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Jul 6, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Jul 9, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jul 21, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Aug 20, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Sep 3, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Oct 5, 2026 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jun 8, 2026 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 8, 2026 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 8, 2026Introduced in House
- Jun 8, 2026Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 172, no. 96, June 8, 2026, page H3992.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4727 | Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2026 | Identical bill | Jun 9, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out a study on the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence data centers and associated energy infrastructure, to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to convene a consortium on such environmental impacts, and to require the Administrator to develop a reporting system for the reporting of the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2026
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 8, 2026Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
