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Proposed

Bill · 119th Congress · HR 10169

To prohibit the provision of Federal financial benefit for the construction, expansion, or substantial rehabilitation of data centers on prime farmland and other certain farmland.

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Introduced 2026-08-27Topic: agriculture food · land use zoning · technology privacy

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This bill would bar federal agencies from giving federal financial benefits for building, expanding, or substantially rehabilitating data centers located on prime farmland or other farmland covered by the Farmland Protection Policy Act. The ban would apply to projects that begin after the bill becomes law. It also covers land that was farmland right before the project started. Federal financial benefits include federal financial assistance as well as federal tax credits, tax deductions, accelerated depreciation, and other federal financial benefits.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-08-27HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.refer
2026-08-27Introduced in Houseintroduce
2026-08-27Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-22. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.