Government money banned for data centers on farmland
H.R. 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. · Filed by Mary Miller (R-IL) · Introduced Aug 27, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill stops the government from giving money to companies that build data centers on prime farmland. It also stops tax breaks for expanding or fixing data centers on farm land. The ban starts after the bill becomes law.
Who it affects
People who eat food benefit because farmland stays for crops. Companies that want to build data centers on farm land are hit by this rule. Taxpayers benefit because their money does not go to these projects.
One thing to notice
The bill stops government money from going to data center projects on farmland. Data center building may move to cities or land already built up instead.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Aug 27, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Aug 27, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- prime farmland — The best land for growing crops, which is rare and hard to replace.
- data centers — Big buildings full of computers that store and process information for the internet.
- tax breaks — Money the government lets people or companies keep instead of paying taxes.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,923 characters) on Sep 9, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-22.
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