SB4727Introduced in the Senate
Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2026
Introduced by Edward Markey, District MA
What does this bill do?
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Official description
A bill 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.
Where it stands
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
June 9, 2026
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Bill history
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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