Continue to promote responsible federal guardrails for data centers while supporting local autonomy over data centers.

H. Morgan Griffith · Virginia · Republican

policy impact 0.55 specificity 0.62 extraction confidence 92%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Continue to promote responsible federal guardrails and support local autonomy over data centers.. Promised outcome: Responsible federal guardrails for data centers alongside preserved local autonomy.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. U.S. Representative for Virginia's 9th District statement following House passage of H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act, in the 2026 congressional term.

Occurrences

“With this bill, data centers are on notice. Under the watch of this Congress, I will continue to promote responsible federal guardrails while supporting local autonomy over data centers.”

After House passage of the Ratepayer Protection Act, Griffith pledged to continue promoting federal guardrails while supporting local control over data centers.

Griffith Votes to Protect Ninth District Communities from Footing Bill for Data Centers | Congressman Morgan Griffith
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Evidence

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Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA), who voted for the bill and is a co-sponsor of similar legislation, issued the following statement: “Communities in Virginia’s Ninth District should not foot the bill for data centers’ electricity.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Griffith’s office reports he voted for H.R. 9340 and was co-sponsoring similar data-center cost legislation, showing concrete effort but not enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Griffith Votes to Protect Ninth District Communities from Footing Bill for Data Centers | Congressman Morgan Griffith
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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“With this bill, data centers are on notice. Under the watch of this Congress, I will continue to promote responsible federal guardrails while supporting local autonomy over data centers.”

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): This is Griffith’s own statement matching the commitment language during House action on a data-center ratepayer bill.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Griffith Votes to Protect Ninth District Communities from Footing Bill for Data Centers | Congressman Morgan Griffith
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Read the second time and placed on the calendar

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): As of the latest official GovInfo bill version, H.R. 9340 was on the Senate calendar rather than enacted, leaving the policy outcome unresolved.

unresolved same_term

H.R. 9340 Placed on Calendar Senate - Ratepayer Protection Act
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A rate charged, or entered into, by an electric utility for providing electric service to a large-load customer shall be designed to recover from the large-load customer the full, incremental cost of any generation, transmission, or distribution upgrade necessary to serve the load of such large-load customer

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The House-passed bill text contains a federal standard aimed at making large data-center-like loads cover incremental grid costs.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 9340 Placed on Calendar Senate - Ratepayer Protection Act
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Senator Husted also spoke on AI and then asked unanimous consent that the Senate pass H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act. Senator Heinrich asked unanimous consent for a modification. Senator Husted objected to the modification; Senator Heinrich then objected to the original request.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The Senate floor log shows a unanimous-consent attempt to pass H.R. 9340 was blocked, reinforcing that the bill had not been delivered into law.

unresolved same_term

Thursday, September 16, 2026 - U.S. Senate Daily Press
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Mr. Griffith. And that is why it is so important that the final decision -- while we can influence the policies and so forth, the final decision needs to be a local decision.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): In a September 3 hearing on data-center water costs, Griffith explicitly framed federal policy work as compatible with local decision-making authority.

unresolved same_term A for effort

HMTG-119-IF18-Transcript-20260903.pdf
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Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-09-28 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

The verified commitment promised continued promotion of federal data-center guardrails while supporting local autonomy, not merely a single vote. Verified evidence shows Griffith materially engaged by voting for H.R. 9340 and co-sponsoring similar legislation, and the bill text contains a relevant federal ratepayer guardrail. But the latest verified bill status says H.R. 9340 was only read a second time and placed on the Senate calendar, so the broader guardrail outcome had not been enacted as of 2026-09-28. With no deadline expired and no verified enacted outcome, this remains unresolved, with effort credited.

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