S. 4213 119th Congress Senate

Data Center Water and Energy Transparency Act of 2026

Official title: A bill to require data center operators to submit to States or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretaries of Energy and Agric… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to require data center operators to submit to States or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretaries of Energy and Agriculture reports on data center energy and water use, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 25, 2026 Introduced by: Richard J. Durbin Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov

Environmental Protection

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Mar 25, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S1616-1617)

Mar 25, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S1616-1617)

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 10

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

OCEAN CONSERVANCY
for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
WESTMORELAND160, LLC
for TECHNICAL MICRONICS CONTROL, INC. · Alabama · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT
for SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT · California · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
OCEAN CONSERVANCY
for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
WESTMORELAND160, LLC
for TECHNICAL MICRONICS CONTROL, INC. · Alabama · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES
for ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10 filings
SENATE
10 filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
5 filings
Interior, Dept of (DOI)
5 filings
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
4 filings
Energy, Dept of
4 filings
Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
4 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
4 filings

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Cosponsors 2

Cortez Masto, Catherine

Nevada · Sep 24, 2026

Duckworth, Tammy

Illinois · Sep 24, 2026

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4213: Data Center Water and Energy Transparency Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4213/

MLA

"S. 4213: Data Center Water and Energy Transparency Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4213/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. 4213, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4213/.

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[S. 4213: Data Center Water and Energy Transparency Act of 2026](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4213/)