I will strengthen transparency around how data centers affect water and energy resources and consumer costs.

Hillary J. Scholten · Michigan · Democratic

oversight impact 0.55 specificity 0.75 extraction confidence 86%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Evidence

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GovInfo lists H.R. 9484 as introduced by Ms. Scholten with Rep. Sykes and referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The bill title is Water Reservoir Transparency Act, and the full title says it would require the Secretary of the Army to study the effect of new commercial and industrial water users on Corps of Engineers reservoirs.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Scholten took concrete legislative action related to transparency over water-resource impacts, but the official record shows the bill only at introduction/referral, with no enacted transparency requirement or House passage shown.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 9484 (IH) - Water Reservoir Transparency Act - GovInfo
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Scholten's office announced the Water Reservoir Transparency Act and said it would require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to assess how new commercial and industrial users are impacting water reservoirs, explicitly linking the need to data centers coming online in Michigan and across the country.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The statement ties Scholten's bill to data-center water-resource transparency, but it addresses water reservoirs only and does not show delivered changes on energy-resource transparency or consumer costs.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Congresswoman Scholten Introduces Two Water Resources Bills
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Scholten introduced H.R. 9484, the Water Reservoir Transparency Act, in the 119th Congress, directly advancing a transparency measure tied to data-center water impacts. As of August 16, 2026, the bill remains introduced/referred and has not enacted a new transparency requirement. The effort also covers water-reservoir impacts, not the full promise covering energy resources and consumer costs. Because she is still in the relevant federal office term and the bill remains pending, the promise is not delivered yet but remains unresolved, with credit for serious legislative effort.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%