HR 7858 — Data Center Community Impact Act
Congress 119 · introduced 2026-03-05
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sponsors (3)
- Menendez, Robert (D, NJ-8) — cosponsor
- Jayapal, Pramila (D, WA-7) — cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D, MI-13) — cosponsor
Action timeline (3)
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
Text versions (1)
- Introduced in House · 2026-03-05 — open
Bill text (extracted)
Amendments
Congressional Research Service briefs (1)
CRS reports that cite this bill in their relatedMaterials — what Congress was reading on the topic. Click any report for its summary, formats, and bill-citation walk.
- Data Centers and Their Energy Consumption: Frequently Asked Questions
R48646· Reports · 2026-05-12In its simplest form, a data center is a physical facility that houses and runs large computer systems. U.S. data center annual energy use in 2023 (not accounting for cryptocurrency) was approximately 176 terawatt-hours
Connected on the graph
4 typed relationships in the influence graph — 3 inbound, 1 outbound, grouped by type.
cosponsor of bill (3)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ← | Menendez, Robert | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Jayapal, Pramila | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | ← | Thanedar, Shri | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
cited in report (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | R48646 | — | crs-report-relatedMaterials |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayapal, Pramila (D, house WA-7) | cosponsor | 4 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Menendez, Robert (D, house NJ-8) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Thanedar, Shri (D, house MI-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 799 | $519,095 | $519,095 |
| 2 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 93 | $81,096 | $81,096 |
| 3 | self | 0 | $0 | 47 | $63,547 | $63,547 |
| 4 | retired | 0 | $0 | 39 | $33,405 | $33,405 |
| 5 | none | 0 | $0 | 11 | $21,800 | $21,800 |
| 6 | linde-griffith | 0 | $0 | 3 | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| 7 | sterling group | 0 | $0 | 5 | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| 8 | the commerce company | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 9 | lowenstein sandler llp | 0 | $0 | 6 | $12,500 | $12,500 |
| 10 | bgr group | 0 | $0 | 12 | $12,000 | $12,000 |
| 11 | apollo global management | 0 | $0 | 5 | $11,500 | $11,500 |
| 12 | american spraytech | 0 | $0 | 2 | $10,500 | $10,500 |
| 13 | apollo | 0 | $0 | 3 | $8,500 | $8,500 |
| 14 | n/a | 0 | $0 | 3 | $8,250 | $8,250 |
| 15 | eastpointe radiology | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,804 | $7,804 |
| 16 | foundation risk partners | 0 | $0 | 3 | $7,250 | $7,250 |
| 17 | detroit pistons | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 18 | ironstate holdings llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 19 | agins interior | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 20 | applied property management | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 21 | ironstate development | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 22 | law offices of james degel | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 23 | businesses. owners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 24 | fso | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 25 | breakthru beverage group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
3 predicted yes (1%) · 280 predicted no (52%) · 260 unknown (47%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 3 yes / 0 no / 260 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
3 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Jayapal, Pramila (D · house · WA-7) · cosponsor
- Menendez, Robert (D · house · NJ-8) · cosponsor
- Thanedar, Shri (D · house · MI-13) · cosponsor
Timeline
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; the inline strip under the row shows the counterpart's own context (a bill's latest action, a hearing's chamber + date, a filing's form type + filed date, a clip's source + excerpt) so the timeline reads like a Wikipedia citation rail.
- 2026-05-23 · Cited in GAO report R48646 · crs-report-relatedMaterials
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Jayapal, Pramila (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Thanedar, Shri (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Menendez, Robert (cosponsor) · sponsorship