S. 4727: Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2026
Congress, 119th Congress. In committee, June 9, 2026.
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S. 4727 at a glance
Status In committee In committee, .
No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.
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.
Measure Bill.
Sponsors Edward Markey (D); Chris Van Hollen (D); Ron Wyden (D); Cory Booker (D); Peter Welch (D)
Subjects Environmental protection The legislature's own list.
Official page www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4727/all-info. Found through LegiScan (bill 2153481), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.
What happened, and when
- June 9, 2026 In committee
S. 4727 went to committee in the Senate. congress.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works..
- June 9, 2026 Introduced
S. 4727 was introduced in the Senate. congress.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works..
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