Direct the Secretary of Energy to establish best practices for the siting of data centers.

Greg Stanton · Arizona · Democratic

policy impact 0.45 specificity 0.78 extraction confidence 86%

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

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Mr. Subramanyam (for himself, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Carson, Ms. Scholten, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Stanton, and Mr. Levin) introduced the following bill... Full Title: To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish best practices for the siting of data centers.

Stanton cosponsored H.R. 10321, the Responsible Data Center Siting Act of 2026, which would direct the Secretary of Energy to establish best practices for data center siting.

H.R. 10321 (IH) - Responsible Data Center Siting Act of 2026 - BILLS-119hr10321ih | Related Documents | GovInfo
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Evidence

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GovInfo lists H.R. 10321 as introduced September 8, 2026, referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and cosponsored by Greg Stanton.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Stanton took concrete legislative action by cosponsoring a House bill matching the commitment, but the official status remains introduced/referred, not enacted.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 10321 (IH) - Responsible Data Center Siting Act of 2026
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The bill text states that the Secretary of Energy shall establish best practices for siting data centers and publish them within one year after enactment.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill directly implements the promised policy design, but because publication is triggered only after enactment and no enactment is shown, delivery is still pending.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 10321 Introduced in House - Bill Text
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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

Stanton materially advanced a bill that directly matches the promise by cosponsoring H.R. 10321 in the 119th Congress. The bill would direct the Secretary of Energy to establish data center siting best practices, but as of September 13, 2026 it is only introduced and referred to committee, with no enactment or DOE best-practices publication shown. Because the promised policy outcome is still pending rather than completed or definitively failed, the promise is unresolved, with an effort badge for the concrete legislative attempt.

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