Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 8037
Protect American AI Act of 2026
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Introduced 2026-03-24Topic: technology privacy · environment · criminal justiceSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill sets rules for lawsuits over federal environmental reviews of data centers and the infrastructure built to support them. A lawsuit over an environmental review under laws such as the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, or National Environmental Policy Act would not affect whether a permit already issued stays valid. If a court finds the review broke one of those laws, the court could not cancel the permit and would instead send the matter back to the federal agency to fix, while the agency keeps processing applications. Challenges to agency orders on these applications would go directly to the federal appeals court where the project is located and be handled on a faster schedule. Most legal claims against these permits would have to be filed within 90 days after the permit is announced as final in the Federal Register.
Sponsors
- Michael Baumgartner Republican sponsor
- 0 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | House | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. | refer |
| 2026-03-24 | House | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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. | refer |
| 2026-03-24 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2026-03-24 | Introduced in House | introduce |