I will require the federal government to meet the highest efficiency standards for its own data centers.

Hillary J. Scholten · Michigan · Democratic

policy impact 0.58 specificity 0.78 extraction confidence 87%

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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Public Law 118-31 enacted the Federal Data Center Enhancement Act of 2023. It requires the Administrator to establish minimum requirements for new data centers, including costs related to the facility, energy consumption, and related infrastructure, and requires guidance for covered agencies to incorporate those minimum requirements into existing data-center operations as appropriate.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official enacted law partially matches the promise by requiring federal data-center minimum requirements and agency guidance that includes energy-consumption considerations, though it does not explicitly impose the campaign phrase 'highest efficiency standards' across all federal data centers.

partial same_term A for effort

Public Law 118-31, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, Title LIII: Federal Data Center Enhancement Act of 2023
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

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The House Clerk recorded Roll Call 723 on H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act, as passed 310-118. The member list records Rep. Scholten, Democrat of Michigan, voting Yea.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Scholten took a concrete same-term vote for the final NDAA conference report that became Public Law 118-31 and carried the Federal Data Center Enhancement Act provisions.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives: Roll Call 723, H.R. 2670 Conference Report
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

Public Law 118-31 enacted the Federal Data Center Enhancement Act of 2023 during Scholten's House term, and she voted for the final NDAA conference report carrying it. The law requires federal data-center minimum requirements and agency guidance addressing energy consumption and infrastructure, which materially advances the promise. However, it does not clearly require all federal data centers to meet the campaign phrase's 'highest efficiency standards,' so this is a partial fulfillment rather than full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%